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What is slaked lime?

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When small water is added to calcium oxide make hissing sound and produced large amount of heat which convents water into steam. This process is called slaking of lime and fine powder obtained is called slaked lime
`CaO + to H_(2) O to underset(("slaked lime"))(Ca(OH)_(2))`
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