Quicklime
CAS 1305-78-8
Burnt lime, supplied as lump, pebble or ground. Highly reactive — slakes exothermically on contact with water, which is exactly what makes it effective as a flux and a drying agent.
- Appearance
- White to off-white lump or powder
- Typical CaO
- 85 – 92 %
- Forms
- Lump · pebble · ground
- Hazard
- Caustic · reacts with water
- Steel & foundry fluxing
- Soil stabilisation
- Water treatment
- Sugar refining



