Is lime water poisonous?

Lime water is widely used in life, especially in industries such as construction and decoration. Its general purpose is to make the wall smoother. We all know that paint can cause certain harm to the body. So, will lime water also cause harm to the body? Let us understand this issue together.

1. What is lime water?

Lime is an air-hardening inorganic cementitious material with calcium oxide as its main component. Lime is made from limestone, dolomite, chalk, shells and other products with high calcium carbonate content, which are calcined at 900-1100℃. Lime is the earliest cementing material used by humans. Lime is widely used in civil engineering and can also be used in medicine in my country. For this reason, poems with lime as the theme have been passed down from ancient times and have been chanted for thousands of years.

2. Raw materials of lime water

Quicklime is in the form of white or gray blocks. For ease of use, blocks of quicklime often need to be processed into quicklime powder, slaked lime powder or lime paste. Quicklime powder is a fine powder obtained by grinding lump quicklime, and its main component is CaO; slaked lime powder is a powder obtained by slaking lump quicklime with an appropriate amount of water, also known as slaked lime, and its main component is Ca(OH)2; lime paste is a paste obtained by slaking lump quicklime with a large amount of water (about 3-4 times the volume of quicklime). Also called lime slurry. Its main component is also Ca(OH)2.

Well, after reading the above introduction, I believe you already know that lime water is non-toxic. Not only that, people in ancient times also used it as medicine. Although it is not used as medicine now, it still has many uses. In addition to construction, it is also widely used in textiles, food processing and mushroom cultivation.