Calcium hydroxide is an inorganic chemical with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2. It is a white powder and is obtained when calcium oxide is mixed with water.
Uses for Calcium Hydroxide:
- Used in the manufacture of mortar, render, plaster and whitewash.
- As a flocculant in water and sewage treatment.
- As a chemical alkali
- Lime improves, modifies and stabilises clay soils.
- Lime dries wet soils
- As a disinfectant
- Manufacture of dry mix paints.
