The air-slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) is obtained by extinguishing quicklime with water.

Powdered lime is a practical and efficient product in liquid and powder form that can be used for many purposes.

This process is also called "extinguishing".

SECTORS and PURPOSE OF USE OF SLAKED LIME: Construction: It is USED as a whitewash in the stabilization of clayey soils in road construction, as an asphalt additive that provides versatile benefits in hot asphalt, in the production of gas concrete, in the production of calcium silicate bricks, in the production of concrete blocks and elements, in increasing the strength of the product, in the construction of mortar and plaster to give machinability to binder and plaster.

Slaked Lime Slaked Lime is used as an additive in asphalt to increase Asphalt Resistance.

Increases adhesion of asphalt adhesive to aggregate particles, helping the asphalt layer retain less moisture "

peeling"

prevent.

It delays the aging process of asphalt and increases its hardness properties.

It helps to reduce wheel track settling and increase its resistance to heavy wheel loads that cause the coating to crack.

With the addition of slaked lime to asphalt, the life and usability of the coating increases significantly.

Mining: It is used as a pH adjuster and pyrite suppressor in the flotation of ores such as copper, lead, zinc, as a binder in the pelleting of iron ore concentrates and in the production of self-fouling pellets.

Metal: It is used as a pH adjuster in the recovery of gold by cyanide method.

Paper Industry: It is used in the precipitation of solids in paper industry wastewater, as a filtration aid, and in the recovery of alcohol, calcium lignosulfanate.

Chemicals: It is used in the production of calcium hypochlorite by the reaction of slaked lime and chlorine gas, in the refining of citric acid, in the production of various chemicals as a result of the reaction of lime with organic or inorganic acids, as a neutralizer in the production of chromium chemicals, in the production of ethylene or propylene glycolin, in the concentration of glucose and dextrin, in various chemical processes as an adsorbent and a desiccant.

Flue Gas Treatment: It is used in the cleaning of sulfur oxides (SO2, SO3) in the flue gas by wet and dry desulphurization method, in the cleaning of HCI formed in the flue gas by burning domestic wastes, and in the reduction of some heavy metals in the flue gas with activated carbons.

Drinking Water Treatment: It is used to remove carbonate hardness, to remove hardness other than carbonate hardness in the lime/soda process, to neutralize acidic waters, to precipitate solid particles in water together with aluminum and iron salts, to increase the pH value of water and to destroy bacteria and some viruses in water.

Wastewater Treatment: It is used in the treatment of domestic wastewater, precipitation of aluminum and iron salts as well as solids, removal of phosphorus and nitrogen, neutralization of acid-containing waters in the industry, precipitation of metal ions such as iron and chromium, clarification of process water in beet sugar factories.

Can be used in field gardens and farms for de-microbialization