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© www.chemsheets.co.uk GCSE 026 08-April-13

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Limestone quarry

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Topley Pike quarry in the Peak District National Park

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All built with limestone

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Chippings in roads

Chippings

Paving

To neutralise acidic lakes

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CaCO3 CaO + CO2calcium carbonate calcium oxide

(limestone) (quicklime)

CaO + H2O Ca(OH)2calcium oxide calcium hydroxide

(quicklime) (slaked lime)

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Lime kilns(old and new)

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Farmer spreading calcium hydroxide to neutralise acidic soil

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Testing for CO2 with limewater (calcium hydroxide solution)

Testing for CO2 with limewater

Limewater = calcium hydroxide solution

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CEMENT

Powdered limestone

+Powdered

clay

Heat in rotary kiln

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CONCRETE

Cement

+

Sand

+

Water

+

Crushed rock

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Concrete can break if stretched or bent

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Steel reinforced concrete

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Bahai Lotus Temple in Delhi, India – made of concrete (1980)

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MORTAR

Cement

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Sand

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Water

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Mortar weathers and brickwork must be re-pointed.