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Self-heating food packaging uses exothermic reactions to warm food. Usually, the substances like calcium oxide or quicklime are utilized to react with water and warm the food. The product of this reaction is calcium hydroxide.

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The burning of gas in domestic burners is a good example of exothermic reaction which we used to obtain heat.

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