How is quick lime made?

Answer 1

Limestone, calcium carbonate, is heated until it glows. It will give off carbon dioxide and change into calcium oxide.

Calcium oxide is called quicklime because it hisses and swells up when a drop of water is added to it, just as if it was alive. "Quick" used to be used to indicate that something was living, so in this case it would be alive-lime, or quicklime.

Answer 2

simple.

When you heat limestone and it is mixed with carbon dioxide in the air, it makes quick lime.

When you put quicklime into water, it turns into slaked lime.

You don't need carbon dioxide from the air. Limestone is calcium barbonate CaCO3 and when you heat it carbon dioxide is driven off (CO2) leaving quicklime (calcium oxide CaO). Adding Walter (like slaking a thirst) creates slaked lime, calium hydroxide Ca(OH)2

Answer 3

Quick lime, or calcium oxide, is made by heating limestone (calcium carbonate) to a high temperature of around 900–1000°C in a kiln. This process, known as calcination, causes the limestone to lose carbon dioxide and leave behind calcium oxide. The quick lime produced is then cooled and becomes a white powder with many uses in industry, construction, and agriculture.

Answer 4

Limestone is heated in a lime kiln and spilts into quick lime (Calcium Oxide) and Carbon dioxide gas)...

CaCo3 + heat = CaO + Co2

Answer 5

Roast calcium carbonate (chalk, limestone) to drive off carbon dioxide.

Answer 6

Slaked or Quick Lime is made by burning limestone in a kiln