soda lime

a mixture of sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide.

Origin of soda lime

First recorded in 1860–65

so·da-lime, adjective

Venetian glass is a soda-lime glass; Bohemian glass is a potash-lime glass.

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It produces an amethyst color in potash-lime glass and reddish violet in soda-lime and lead glasses.

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It produces a violet-blue in potash-lime and soda-lime glasses and a blue in lead glasses.

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The increase in weight of the potash bulbs and soda-lime tube gives 65 the weight of carbon dioxide evolved.

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Nickel with a potash-lead glass gives a violet colour, and a brown colour with a soda-lime glass.

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soda lime

a solid mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides used to absorb carbon dioxide and to dry gases

soda lime

A mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide in rebreathing apparatus and in anesthesia circuits.