Limestone is quarried, broken up and heated to specific controlled temps. This resulting "quicklime" is then 'slaked' ( a special soaking process) in water to make a dry hydrate that is bagged and sold to the public. When the dry lime is again mixed with water into a plaster, it will cure- because of the AIR- on the walls and the reabsorption of air/CO2, turns the powder back into limestone again. Cement is the opposite- adding water stars the curing process immediately. Lime plaster needs time, and thin application, for the air to cure it back into limestone.
Limestone is NOT calcined at high heat-- the temp. is kept under 1800 deg to reduce the busted up stone to a 'quick' lime. Slaking does not take 6 months to 10 years. A controlled quick lime process takes only enough time for the added water to turn the lime back into a dry powder, which is now called Hydrated lime- sold in 50# bags- this is what most Americans buy to mix as plaster or mortar, or farm use. Quick lime is too dangerous to safely mix for the DIYer, so it is harder to find and buy. Quick lime IS sold as lump lime in bags, and the slaking process occurs then, under controlled conditions by experienced mixers. Hot lime gives off steam and heat in an exothermic event when the water and quick lime meet; this is where moisture in your eyes, nose, or skin causes burning during the slaking process.
SOAKING the powdered hydrated lime in water for months and years produces a better, creamier product to work with. ( Slaking happens only once) This lime is very drying and can be caustic to skin, but is not dangerous, will not give off heat/steam; thousands of natural builders are using it daily.
metamorphic rock melts turns into lava,lava cools turns into igneous rock,igneous rock is weathered and eroded into sediment,sediment turns into sedimentary rocksedimentary rock gets heated and squeezed forms metamorphic rockcycle continues.......
yes eventually but there are steps:metamorphic rock melts turns into lava,lava cools turns into igneous rock,igneous rock is weathered and eroded into sediment,sediment turns into sedimentary rocksedimentary rock gets heated and squeezed forms metamorphic rockcycle continues.......
When gypsum is heated to 120o C, it tuns into plaster of paris, after loosing about 75% of its water.
As a heated liquid turns into a gas, it ... ?
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by boling it it turns hot and becomes heated
it turns purple when heated
gypsum plaster does not burn or catch fire. It is essentially rock.
when liquid is heated it turns into water vapor,this is called boiling point
yes. Plaster of Paris is a powdered rock made from the mineral gypsum.
It turns into a gas when it is heated or evaporated.
It doesn't, water turns into steam, or a gas when heated. Water turns into a solid when cooled