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LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 693 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: LEO-LOB
LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear) , the name given to a viscous exudation of the holly-tree, used for snaring birds and known as " bird-lime." In chemistry, it is the popular name of
calcium
 
oxide
 , CaO, a substance employed in very early times as a component of mortars and cementing materials. It is prepared by the burning of limestone (a process described by Dioscorides and Pliny) in kilns similar to those described under CEMENT. The value and subsequent treatment of the product depend on the purity of the limestone; a pure stone yields a " fat " lime which readily slakes; an impure stone, especially if
magnesia
  be present, yields an almost unslakable " poor " lime. See CEMENT, CONCRETE and MORTAR, for details.
Pure
calcium
 
oxide
  "
quick
 -lime," obtained by
heating
  the pure carbonate, is a white amorphous substance, which can be readily melted and boiled in the electric furnace, cubic and acicular crystals being deposited on cooling the vapour. It combines with water, evolving much heat and crumbling to pieces; this operation is termed " slaking " and the resulting product " slaked lime "; it is chemically equivalent to the conversion of the oxide into hydrate. A solution of the hydrate in water, known as lime-water, has a weakly alkaline reaction; it is employed in the detection of carbonic acid. " Milk of lime " consists of a cream of the hydrate and water. Dry lime has no action upon chlorine, carbon dioxide and
sulphur
  dioxide, although in the presence of water combination ensues.
In
medicine
  lime-water, applied externally, is an astringent and desiccative, and it enters into the preparation of linamentum calcis and carron oil which are employed to heal burns, eczema, &c. Applied internally, lime-water is an antacid; it prevents the curdling of milk in large lumps (hence its
prescription
  for infants); it also acts as a gastric sedative. Calcium phosphate is much employed in treating rickets, and calcium chloride in haemoptysis and haemophylia. It is an antidote for
mineral
  and oxalic acid poisoning.


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