The effect of conditions of calcination on the crystal configuration and specific surface area and the hydration reactivity of quick lime has been investigated and the following rasults were obtained.
With the increase of calcining temperature, the crystals of quick lime grew in size and the specific surface area of each crystal became small and hence the hydration reactivity dropped.
This tendency was strong in simply calcined quick lime (these quick lime obtained by the calcination without the addition of salts will be called “simply calcined quick lime”) obtained under oxidizing atmosphere especially at higher temperature than 1200°C.
In the case of salt calcined quick lime (these quick lime obtained by the calcination with the addition of salts will be called “salt calcined quick lime”) obtained under reducing atmosphere, the crystals, even under the short time and low temperature calcination, grew very large in size.
As the cause for this, it was supposed that the vapor of salts might promote some of the decomposed products of lime stone to diffusion into crystals.
The crystals of simply calcined quick lime and of salt calcined quick lime which were obtained at low temperature had rugged surfaces whereas, the crystals of simply calcined, quick lime obtained at high temperature developed their crystalization and the dislocation figure appeared clearly and the crystals gathered closely.
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