soda lime

noun

a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.

Words nearby soda lime

soda bread, soda cracker, soda fountain, soda jerk, soda lake, soda lime, soda niter, soda nitre, soda pop, soda siphon, soda water

Origin of soda lime

First recorded in 1860–65

OTHER WORDS FROM soda lime

so·da-lime, adjective

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Examples from the Web for soda lime

Venetian glass is a soda-lime glass; Bohemian glass is a potash-lime glass.
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It produces an amethyst color in potash-lime glass and reddish violet in soda-lime and lead glasses.
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It produces a violet-blue in potash-lime and soda-lime glasses and a blue in lead glasses.
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The increase in weight of the potash bulbs and soda-lime tube gives 65 the weight of carbon dioxide evolved.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various

Nickel with a potash-lead glass gives a violet colour, and a brown colour with a soda-lime glass.
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British Dictionary definitions for soda lime

soda lime

noun

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

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Medicine definitions for soda lime

soda lime

n.

A mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide in rebreathing apparatus and in anesthesia circuits.

soda lime

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