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Action of water on calcium carbide in used for the preparation of acetylene gas along with slaked lime. write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction.

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$C a C_{2} + 2 H_{2} O \to C a (O H)_{2} + C_{2} H_{2} C a l c i u m C a l c i u m A c e t y l e n e c a r b i d e h y d r o x i d e$
The other name of calcium hydroxide is slaked lime

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