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How is lime made?

How is lime made?

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Lime production process is the original limestone and fuel (wood) hierarchical placement, set one week. Calcination is used in modern mechanized, semi mechanized shaft kiln and rotary kiln, furnace and other equipment for production. The calcination time is correspondingly shortened by lime rotary kiln production of only 2 to 4 hours. Compared with the kiln production can improve the production efficiency more than 5 times. In recent years, and the emergence of the technology and equipment of short rotary kiln, double cross slope and circular oil burning shaft kiln and preheater etc. with significant energy saving effect, expand fuel for coal, coke and heavy oil or liquefied gas.
Lime: a calcium oxide as the main component of gas hardening inorganic gelling material. Lime with limestone, dolomite, chalk, shells and other high calcium carbonate content of the raw material, after 900 ~ 1100 DEG C calcined lime cementitious materials. Is the first human application.

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