Chemistry - Chem 5: Building materials

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What is the chemical name and formula for limestone?
calcium carbonate - CaCO3
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What happens to limestone when it is heated?
It is thermally decomposed to form calcium oxide (quicklime) and carbon dioxide
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What happens when you add water to calcium oxide?
calcium hydroxide is produced (slaked lime)
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What happens when you add more water to calcium hydroxide?
it becomes calcium hydroxide solution (limewater)
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WHat happens when you bubble carbon dioxide through limewater?
It produces an insoluble calcium carbonate suspension which makes it go cloudy.
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Name a use for calcium oxide or powdered limestone
neutralise acidic soils
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How do you produce cement?
limestone and clay are heated together in a rotary kiln to produce cement. A little calcium sulphate (gypsum) is added to stop the cement from setting too quickly.
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How do you make glas?
by heating limestone, sand and sodium carbonate to temperatures of about 1500degreescelsius.
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What kind of material is glass?
It is part way between a solid and liquid as the particles and disorderly arranged by rigidly held in place
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How is concrete made?
By mixing cement, sand, gravel and water. Made stronger around a steel framework.
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What is mortar?
a mixture of calcium hydroxide, sand and water
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What are the effect of quarrying limestone?
social, environmental and economic. on people and landscape. positive economic effect - jobs, negativ environmentla effect - extra pollution of lorries
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What happens to limestone when it is heated?

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It is thermally decomposed to form calcium oxide (quicklime) and carbon dioxide

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What happens when you add more water to calcium hydroxide?

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