Introduction: How to Make Quick Lime and Slaked Lime
this is how to make quicklime out of seashells and then make slaked lime which is a good mortar and putty and paste . to make quicklime all the materials are as followed
1)a container of some sort
2)any lime product(i use seashells)
3)water
4)time i guess??
Quick lime is a corrosive acid so be VERY careful
1)a container of some sort
2)any lime product(i use seashells)
3)water
4)time i guess??
Quick lime is a corrosive acid so be VERY careful
Step 1: Quick Lime
mash up the seashells or other lime product into a powder
heat it on a stove (boiling it )
it should look acidy(i haven't done this before) and then, add in water let it react and slaked lime!!!
Note:seashells are calcium carbomate CACO3 and the quick lime is CAO and finally slaked lime CA(OH)2(aq)
heat it on a stove (boiling it )
it should look acidy(i haven't done this before) and then, add in water let it react and slaked lime!!!
Note:seashells are calcium carbomate CACO3 and the quick lime is CAO and finally slaked lime CA(OH)2(aq)