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Slaked meaning
Allayed; quenched; extinguished. | Mixed with water so that a true chemical combination has taken place.
Example sentences (8)
Then they added water, forming calcium hydroxide, or slaked lime.
Me out and down, our legs dawn-slaked and sprawled.
For the tortillas ($0.50), corn is soaked in slaked lime (a process called nixtamalization), then rinsed the following morning and ground on a lava-stone mill.
Masa harina flour is made of dried corn that is rehydrated in slaked lime; it is not to be confused with cornflour.
After heating this substance with calcium hydroxide (slaked lime), a far more strongly basic substance known as caustic potash ( potassium hydroxide ) was produced.
Chemistry Non-hydraulic cement, such as slaked lime ( calcium hydroxide mixed with water), hardens by carbonation in the presence of carbon dioxide which is naturally present in the air.
His powder was made by reacting chlorine with dry slaked lime and proved to be a cheap and successful product.
The carbonation reaction requires the dry cement to be exposed to air, and for this reason the slaked lime is a non-hydraulic cement and cannot be used under water.