What are the uses for calcium hydroxide?
Because of its strong basic properties, calcium hydroxide has many and varied uses: A flocculant, in water and sewage treatment and improvement of acid soils An ingredient in whitewash, mortar, and plaster An alkali used as a lye substitute in no-lye hair relaxers A chemical depilatory agent found in Nair A Calcium supplement in mineral fortified baby formulas A chemical reagent In Bordeaux mixture to neutralise the solution and form a long lasting fungicide. In the reef aquarium hobby for adding bio-available calcium in solution for calcium-using animals such as algae, snails, hard tube worms, and Corals (often referred to as Kalkwasser mix), and also to increase the alkalinity of the water. In the tanning industry for neutralization of acid, the liming of hides and skins and the flocculation of wastewater. In the petroleum refining industry for the manufacture of additives to oils (salicatic, sulphatic, fenatic) In the chemical industry for manufacture of calcium stearate In the food
