| 单词 | caustic lime |
| 释义 | > as lemmascaustic lime b. Chemistry. caustic alkali: a name given to the hydrates of potassium and sodium, called caustic potash (KHO) and caustic soda (NaHO) respectively; caustic volatile alkali or caustic ammonia, ammonia as a gas or in solution; caustic lime, quick lime (CaO). ΚΠ 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 143 These flies, thus dried..yield a great deal of volatile caustic-salt. 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. v. 80 Caustic alkali tinges the infusion of galls of a dark red. 1811 A. T. Thomson London Dispensatory iii. 485 Take..water of caustic kali, nine fluid ounces. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. i. 19 Lime applied in its caustic state acquires its hardness and durability, by absorbing the aerial acid. 1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. I. 102 Add solution of caustic ammonia. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. xix. 164 The prepared, caustic potash is a white substance, soluble in half its weight of water, acting as a powerful cautery, destroying the skin. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 147 Caustic Soda. < as lemmas |
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