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Well, lime water is simply Calcium hydroxide Ca(OH)2 it is a colorless solution and well it is basic/ alkaline cause of various reasons some of which are it turns red litmus blue and can react whit acids through a neutralization reaction.

Anyway you basically wanted to know what it is used for. Lime water is used to test for presence of Carbon dioxide in the lab when Carbondioxide passes through it turns from colorless to cloudy white substance which is called Calcium Carbonate

Ca(OH)2 + CO2 ----> CaCO3 + H2O
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Why does lime water absorb carbon dioxide?

ime water can be used to detect the presence of carbon dioxide because lime water reacts with carbon dioxide to produce a precipitate of calcium carbonate:Ca(OH)2 (aq) + CO2 (g) → CaCO3 (s) + H2O (l) no, lime water doesn't produce carbon dioxide, it just detects it.


What is the difference between soda lime and lime water?

Soda lime removes carbon dioxide from breathing gases, as in submarines for example, and thus prevent carbon dioxide poisoning. Lime water has a number of uses. It can detect the presence of Carbon Dioxide. It can be used in food products, corn tortillas for example. It is used to make sugar from sugar beet. It is used in seawater aquariums.


What is lime water an indicator for?

Limewater is an indicator for Carbon Dioxide


What substance used to detect the presence of carbon dioxide?

Test for Carbon Dioxide: Bubble unknown gas in lime water. Limewater should go milky if Carbon dioxide is present. Test for water: Add anhydrous copper sulphate crystals (white in colour) to unknown solution. If solution goes a brilliant light blue colour, water is present as the hydrous copper sulphate crystals were formed. Did this help?


How would you test or carbon dioxide?

add lime water to the air if the lime water turns cloudy then carbon dioxide is present


How could we confirm that the gas generated was in fact Carbon dioxide?

Test it with lime water. If the lime water goes milky you have carbon dioxide.


Which chemicals detect carbon dioxide?

Chemical indicators that detect carbon dioxide include bromothymol blue, phenol red, and pH-sensitive dyes like universal indicator. These indicators change color in the presence of carbon dioxide due to a change in pH levels.


What happend when you mix carbon dioxide with lime water?

Lime water reacts with carbon dioxide to produce a precipitate of calcium carbonate (CaCO3): Ca(OH)2 (aq) + CO2 (g) → CaCO3 (s) + H2O (l) As you can see, it also produces water (H20). Thus, lime water can be used to detect the presence of carbon dioxide.


What is the effect carbon dioxide in lime water?

Lime water turns milky when carbon dioxide is added to it.Lime water also turns into Calcium carbonate (Limestone) solution


What reacts with lime water forming a precipitate?

Carbon dioxide reacts with lime water (calcium hydroxide solution) forming calcium carbonate as a white precipitate.


What gas do you test using lime water?

You can test for carbon dioxide gas using lime water. When carbon dioxide is blown into lime water, it turns cloudy due to the formation of calcium carbonate.


When you mix hydrochloric acid to calcium carbonate and transfer the gas to mix with lime water what is the lime water testing for?

The lime water is testing for the presence of carbon dioxide gas. When hydrochloric acid reacts with calcium carbonate, carbon dioxide gas is produced. This gas is then passed through the lime water, which will turn milky/cloudy if carbon dioxide is present.