soda lime

noun

1. a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.

soda lime

noun

1. a solid mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides used to absorb carbon dioxide and to dry gases

Other Words From

• soda-lime adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of soda lime¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The ether was distilled out, leaving the tar intimately mixed with the soda lime.

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Nitrogen was found very readily by the soda lime test in the tar left after extracting the original material with 50 per cent.

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Soda-lime is made by dissolving 100 grams of "soda" in water, and carefully slaking 200 grams of lime with it.

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The increase in weight of the potash bulbs and soda-lime tube gives 65 the weight of carbon dioxide evolved.

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Nitrogen may be detected by the evolution of ammonia when the substance is heated with soda-lime.

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