HYDRATED LIME

Hydrated Lime (Ca(OH)2)

Also called calcium hydroxide, slaked lime, caustic lime, is a dry colorless crystalline powder produced by combining quicklime with a sufficient amount of water to satisfy the quicklime’s natural affinity for moisture, thereby converting the oxides to hydroxides.

Hydrated lime is used in a variety of industrial applications including water and wastewater treatment, flue gas treatment, pulp and paper, construction (building, soil stabilization, and asphalt), mineral processing and metallurgy, agricultural fields, chemical manufacturing,…