The Probert Encyclopaedia of Rocks & Minerals

LIME

Lime is the common name of calcium oxide, and second only to sulphuric acid is the most widely used chemical in industry, being extensively used in the agricultural, building and chemical industries.
Lime is an alkali and is chiefly used in chemistry and agriculture for neutralizing acids - in agriculture to reduce the acidity of soil. Lime has long been derived from chalk and oyster shells.
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