soda lime

Noun

Meaning

a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides; absorbs liquids and gases

Alternative names

soda-lime

Hypernyms

Examples

Container glass is a soda-lime glass that is a slight variation on flat glass, which uses more alumina and calcium, and less sodium and magnesium which are more water-soluble. Source: Internet

By placing the middle of a small rod of soda lime glass in a hot flame, Van Leeuwenhoek could pull the hot section apart to create two long whiskers of glass. Source: Internet

In glasses like soda lime, the compounds added to quartz are used to lower the melting temperature and improve workability, at a cost in the toughness, thermal stability, and optical transmittance. Source: Internet

The life of the soda lime scrubber is likely to be less than this and so will be the limiting factor of the dive. Source: Internet

For instance, quartz has very low thermal expansion, while soda-lime glass has very high thermal expansion. Source: Internet

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