Calcium Oxide

Calcium Oxide

MOQ : 50 Metric Ton

Business Type Manufacturer, Supplier
Country of Origin India
Formula CaO
IUPAC ID Oxocalcium
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Preferred Buyer From

Location Anywhere in India

Product Details

Molar mass
56.0774 g/mol
Soluble in
Water, Glycerol

Calcium oxide, commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound. It is a white, caustic, alkaline, crystalline solid at room temperature.

 

Calcium Oxide can affect you when breathed in. * Contact can severely irritate and burn the eyes and skin. * Breathing Calcium Oxide can irritate the lungs causing coughing and/or shortness of breath.

 

Interesting Facts

  • Calcium oxide is often used to "lime" lake waters that have been acidified by acid rain. ...
  • When calcium oxide is heated near its melting point, it gives off a brilliant white light.

 

Quicklime is produced by heating crushed limestone to around 1,100 degrees Celsius in a shaft furnace or rotary kiln. The heating of limestone releases carbon dioxide, leaving calcium oxide (CaCO3 produces CaO + CO2). After heating, the quicklime is crushed and then milled to the appropriate fraction

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