What happens when water is added to quick lime (calcium oxide)?

Open in App

Solution

The chemical formula of quick lime is $CaO$
When water $(H_{2} O)$ is added to quick lime $(CaO)$ , a lot of heat energy is produced along with Calcium hydroxide $(Ca {(OH)}_{2})$ .
It is an example of an exothermic reaction.
$CaO + H_{2} O \to Ca {(OH)}_{2} + heat$

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

What happens when (i) magnesium is burnt in air (ii) quick lime is heated with silica (iii) chlorine reacts with slaked lime (iv) calcium nitrate is heated ?

What happens when quick lime is added to water?

What is the difference between quick line and lime water and what happens when excess CO2 is added to lime water?

Q. Solve this:
Q.1. What happens chemically when quick lime is added to water?

Which does not happen when water is added to quick lime?

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

What happens when water is added to quick lime (calcium oxide)?

The chemical formula of quick lime is CaOWhen water(H2O) is added to quick lime(CaO), a lot of heat energy is produced along with Calcium hydroxide(Ca(OH)2).It is an example of an exothermic reaction.CaO+H2O→Ca(OH)2+heat

The chemical formula of quick lime is $CaO$
When water $(H_{2} O)$ is added to quick lime $(CaO)$ , a lot of heat energy is produced along with Calcium hydroxide $(Ca {(OH)}_{2})$ .
It is an example of an exothermic reaction.
$CaO + H_{2} O \to Ca {(OH)}_{2} + heat$