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Solid calcium oxide was taken in a conta...

Solid calcium oxide was taken in a container and water was added slowly to it
(i) State two observations made in the experiment.
(ii) write the name of the chemical formula of thw product.

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(i) Following are the two observations:
(a) Calcium oxide (CaO) reacts vigorously with water to form slaked lime.
(b) The container becomes hot because a large amount of heat is released during this reaction.
(iii) The product formed is slaked lime for which the chemical formula is `Ca(OH)_(2)`.
`underset("oxide")underset("Calcium")(CaO(s))+underset("Water")(H_(2)O(l))rarrunderset(("Calcium hydroxide"))underset("Slaked lime")(Ca(OH)_(2)(aq))`
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