slaking in English

verb
1
quench or satisfy (one's thirst).
slake your thirst with some lemonade
synonyms:quenchsatisfysatesatiaterelieveassuage
2
combine (quicklime) with water to produce calcium hydroxide.
Hydrated slaked lime is slaked quicklime that has reacted with water to form calcium hydroxide.
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1. Process control in burning and slaking of lime and causticizing

2. The lime was slaking slowly in the moist cellar air.

3. In a process for obtaining said slaked lime particles, it is preferred that slaking water is added to quick lime and mixed therewith at a molar ratio (slaking water/quick lime) of 2.5 or lower.

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5. In the absence of osmotic swelling, pore-air compression can induce slaking in clay shales of bulk densities less than 2.27 Mg/m3.

6. 30 Based on the slaking curve and thermo-gravimetric curve of calcium lime, the rational cold compression molding techniques of calcium carbide were given.

7. Slaking tests showed that large (cobble-size) blocks of the material degrade rapidly to a particle size of 20 mm upon exposure to water and air.

8. The two main mechanisms for the slaking of small unconfined samples are (a) compression of entrapped air and (b) osmotic swelling of expansive clay minerals if the dominant exchangeable cation is sodium.