calx

Noun

Meaning

Quicklime.

The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder.

Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lime quicklime calcium oxide burnt lime calcined lime fluxing lime unslaked lime ash cinder sinter scale carbon brand coal charcoal
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Antonyms

core

Hypernyms

oxide

Derivatives

calxes calces

Examples

After returning from Paris, Priestley took up once again his investigation of the air from mercury calx. Source: Internet

In October the English chemist Joseph Priestley visited Paris, where he met Lavoisier and told him of the air which he had produced by heating the red calx of mercury with a burning glass and which had supported combustion with extreme vigor. Source: Internet

When air had become completely phlogisticated it would no longer serve to support combustion of any material, nor would a metal heated in it yield a calx; nor could phlogisticated air support life. Source: Internet

Etymology Calcite is derived from the German Calcit, a term coined in the 19th century from the Latin word for lime, calx (genitive calcis) with the suffix -ite used to name minerals. Source: Internet

When the oxide was heated with a substance rich in phlogiston, such as charcoal, the calx again took up phlogiston and regenerated the metal. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

calvous Calwa Calwile Calyan calycanth Calycanthaceae