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Chloride of lime

noun

A white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect. Synonyms: bleaching powder, chlorinated lime.

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... prepared in the laboratory by various methods, these including the heating of chloride of lime and peroxide of cobalt mixed in a retort, the heating of chlorate of potash, and the separation of water into its elements, hydrogen and oxygen, by the passage of an electric current. While the last process is used on a large scale ...

— Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting • Harold P. Manly

... creamy deposit, and smaller in summer, to hasten it; the temperature required being from 55 deg. to 50 deg., In summer it is sometimes expedient, in very sultry weather, to keep the dairy fresh and cool by suspending cloths dipped in chloride of lime across the room. ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

Words linked to "Chloride of lime" : bleaching agent, blanching agent, whitener, bleach