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Quicklime

Cornish Lime

£15.09

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High calcium Quicklime for making lime putty, hot-mix or hot-lime mortars, available powdered in a 25kg bag or kibbled in a 20kg tub. Quicklime is limestone (a rock rich in calcium carbonate) that has undergone a chemical change in a kiln, liberating it of all the carbon and water it holds, creating a very unstable material (calcium oxide) which needs to hydrate. Quicklime will do so very energetically with any moisture it comes into contact with, resulting in a strong exothermic reaction and the production of lime. The addition of water, slaking, has the potential to produce temperatures exce

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