Calcium Oxide ( Quicklime )
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Calcium Oxide properties
Solid White lumps non flammable
Calcium Oxide ( Quicklime ) hazards
Corrosive alkali reacts with water exothermically giving calcium hydoxide The water boils and steams UTube fried egg may cause cancer non flammable
Calcium Oxide also called and used in
quicklime or burntlime cement plaster when heated burns with intense glow was used in theatres called limelight !
Calcium Oxide hazards
reacts with water exothermically producing heat and calcium hydoxide basically stable High hazard to environment may cause cancer irritates eyes and skin
Calcium Oxide firefighting
BA GTS Spray WATER !!!!! . careful contain prevent entry to water courses shovel up with sand dry !!!
Formula for Calcium Oxide
CaO Ca= Calcium O= Oxygen Together they make Calcium Oxide also, Ca is 2+ and O is 2-, so the two charges cancel eachto