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Lime (material)
Lime
is a
calcium
-containing
inorganic
material in which
carbonates
,
oxides
and
hydroxides
predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is
calcium oxide
or
calcium hydroxide
. It is also the name of the natural
mineral
(native lime) CaO which occurs as a product of
coal seam fires
and in altered
limestone
xenoliths
in
volcanic
ejecta. The word "lime" originates with its earliest use as building mortar and has the sense of "sticking or adhering."
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