Crossword clues for limewater
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
n. (context inorganic chemistry English) a solution of calcium hydroxide in water, used as a simple test for carbon dioxide, and in skin preparations.
WordNet
n. solution of calcium hydroxide in water used as an antacid
Wikipedia
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 hydroxide. The term lime refers to the alkaline mineral, and is unrelated to the acidic fruit.
Limewater is prepared by stirring calcium hydroxide in pure water, and filtering off the excess undissolved Ca(OH). When excess calcium hydroxide is added to limewater, a suspension of calcium hydroxide particles results, giving it a milky aspect, in which case it has the common name of milk of lime. Milk of lime or a saturated solution of lime (limewater) has a pH of 12.3. It is basic in nature.
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.