air-slake
Americanverb (used with object)
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In excavating for the abutments a thick stratum of shale had been exposed that air-slaked as fast as it was uncovered.
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
Fifty-six pounds of stone-lime, or 74 pounds of hydrated lime, become 100 pounds of air-slaked lime.
From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva
The carcasses of these animals should be totally destroyed, preferably by cremation, or otherwise by burying them in a hole 6 feet deep and covering them with air-slaked lime.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
For pastures or meadows air-slaked lime is used as a top-dressing.
From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Burkett, Charles William
We simply threw air-slaked lime over the trees nearly every morning for from four to six weeks, from the time the tree was out of bloom.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 by Various
The slowness with which air-slaking proceeds gives reason to expect that any bulk of old lime may contain a considerable percentage of the hydrate, and therefore have greater strength than a true carbonate like limestone.
From Right Use of Lime in Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva
It may be slaked either by exposure to the air, air-slaking, when it gradually takes up H2O and CO2; or by mixing with H2O, water-slaking.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Williams, Rufus Phillips
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