Talk:Lime kiln

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The traditional process of burning lime would leave a lot of wood ash mixed in with the lime, but its presence is ignored in the discussion. Is this ash a contaminant? Is its presence negligible?

This entry could do with expansion and probably correction


My dictionary says the process here is "carbonation", but my dictionary of science says "carbonation" is "treatment with CO2 usually giving a carbonate". But here a carbonate is the raw material. could someone clear this up? -- Tarquin

[edit] Clear-up carbonation...

Either the article has been edited since Tarquin remarked 'carbonation is treatment with CO2', or an easy error was made - seing one word where a different one was actually present. The article says 'calcination', not 'carbonation'. Tarquin's understanding of Carbonation is correct.

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