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What happens chemically when quick lime is added to water ?

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Calcium hydroxide (or slaked lime) is formed accopanied by a hissing. So much heat is evolved during the reaction that the reaction mixture starts boiling. The chemical equation for the reaction is :
`underset("(Quick lime)")(CaO(s)) + H_(2)O(aq) to underset("(Slaked lime)")(Ca(OH)_(2)(s)) + "heat"`
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