calcium hydroxide

English

Noun

calcium hydroxide (uncountable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) A soft, white powder, Ca(OH)₂, obtained by the action of water on calcium oxide; slaked lime.

Synonyms

• cal
• slaked lime

Translations

chemical compound

Assamese: চূণ (sun) Catalan: hidròxid de calci m, calç morta, calç apagada Chinese: Mandarin: 氫氧化鈣／氢氧化钙 (zh) (qīngyǎnghuàgài) Dutch: calciumhydroxide (nl) m, gebluste kalk m Esperanto: kalcia hidroksido Finnish: sammutettu kalkki (fi), kalsiumhydroksidi (fi) French: chaux éteinte (fr) f German: Calciumhydroxid n, Löschkalk m, Kalkhydrat n, Weißkalkhydrat n, Sumpfkalk m Greek: υδροξείδιο του ασβεστίου (el) n (ydroxeídio tou asvestíou) Hungarian: kalcium-hidroxid (hu) Icelandic: kalsíumhýdroxíð n Italian: calce spenta f Japanese: 水酸化カルシウム (suisanka karushiumu) Korean: please add this translation if you can Malayalam: ചുണ്ണാമ്പ് (ml) (cuṇṇāmpŭ), കാൽസ്യം ഹൈഡ്രോക്സൈഡ് (kālsyaṁ haiḍrōksaiḍŭ) Maori: konupūmā waihā Portuguese: hidróxido de cálcio (pt) m Romanian: var stins (ro) n Spanish: hidróxido de calcio m Turkish: kalsiyum hidroksit (tr), sönmüş kireç, kireç sütü

See also

• limewater, lime water

Further reading

• calcium hydroxide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia