Calcium Hydroxide [CA(OH)2] 5
Calcium Hydroxide [CA(OH)2] 5 :
(n.) Drilling Fluids. A chemical with formula Ca(OH)2, commonly called slaked lime. Lime is used in lime muds and as a treatment to removecarbonate ions. It is used as a stabilizing ingredient in oil- and synthetic-base mud, essential to formation of fatty-acid soapemulsifiers. It is an alkaline material that can be carried in excess to neutralize hydrogen sulfide [H2S] and carbon dioxide[CO2]. Alt. form: slaked lime. See: alkalinity, calcium mud, calcium oxide, carbonate ion, equivalent weight, lime mud, low-colloid oil mud, oil-base mud
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