What do you observe when:
(h) quick lime is dissolved in water

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When a quicklime (CaO) is dissolved in water( $H_{2} O$ ), heat is released and slacked lime [ ${C a (O H)}_{2}$ ] is formed. It is a chemical change. It can be shown by chemically as, $C a O$ + $H_{2}$ → ${C a (O H)}_{2}$ + Heat

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