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What is Slaked lime is used for?
Slaked lime is used to make mortar. It is mixed with sand and water and used to hold bricks together.
Function of mortar?
Mortar, in brickwork and stone work is a mix of cement, lime and sand, mixed with water to make a binding agent to hold the bricks or stones together.
Can sand and water be a form of an electrolyte solution?
No, sand and water mixed together don't make a solution
Sand water a suspension only mixed together?
Yes
How does sand and water separate when mixed together?
through filtration
What is mix of water sand and lime?
lime mortar
Explain Why a beaker containing sand and water is mixture although sand itself is a pure substance?
Because you mixed sand and water together in the beaker.
What causes sinking sand?
water and sand mixed together into one great big form called sinking sand or it can just be very mucky water
What is lime motor?
Lime mortar is one of the oldest types mortar, originating in the 4th century BC in Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. It is formed using lime and a filler like sand, mixed with water.
What happens when sand and and water are mixed?
you get salty sand water
Why is a mixture of sand and water not an example of a solution?
A solution is when two different liquids, not solids, get mixed together.
What do they use to stick bricks together?
Mortar is used to stick bricks together. It can be either: * cement mortar: a mixture of water, sand and cement, or * lime mortar: a mixture of lime, sand and water.(This is not used often for modern construction because of its porosity) * clay mud mortar: a mixture of clay sand, water (only used in some adobe construction) Lime is sometimes added to cement mortar to improve workability, waterproof qualities, and reduce shrinkage. Straw is sometimes added to clay mortar to reduce shrinkage.
