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  • noun Plural form of quicklime.

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  • Pure quicklimes react vigorously evolving considerable heat, while impure limes hydrate slowly, or only after the lumps are ground.

    Chapter 4 1988

  • The wet slaking method described below (handslaking) is a suitable simple means of slaking magnesian limestone quicklimes.

    3. Technical and Production Information 1985

  • Special care must be taken to avoid this when impure, dense or dolomitic quicklimes are being slaked since they are particularly susceptible to this phenomenon due to their relatively low hydration temperature and rate of hydration.

    3. Technical and Production Information 1985

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