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limewater
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n. (context inorganic chemistry English) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
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Limewater is the common name for a diluted solution of calcium hydroxide . Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH), is sparsely soluble in water (1.5 g/L at 25 °C). Pure limewater is clear and colourless, with a slight earthy smell and an alkaline bitter taste of calcium ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Limewater \Lime"wa`ter\ (l[imac]m"w[add]`t[~e]r), n. Water impregnated with lime; esp., an artificial solution of lime for medicinal purposes.
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n. solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid
Usage examples of limewater.
McParland fished some eggs out of a barrel of limewater, where they were kept fresh.
The change of the limewater to a milky white color proves the presence of carbon dioxide.
Cover the bottle with a piece of cardboard, and bring the gas and the limewater in contact by shaking.
After filling the bottle one third full of limewater, heat the tube containing the charcoal until it begins to glow.
One of these you can see in the milky limewater, and others you can smell when you happen to come close to anyone else.
They were not bad bums, but I felt utterly miserable as I sat on a chair with a towel wrapped about me while Rosemary dabbed the burns with limewater and dusted them with flour before dressing them with gauze and plaster.
Blackbeard dipped hemp cord in saltpeter and limewater and set them to burning under his hat in a fight.
When ripe, if mixed with gum-arabic and limewater, they form the pigment 'Sap or bladder green,' so well known to water-colour painters.