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LIME STONE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foundry Practice
DEF

An initially sedimentary rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or of the carbonates of calcium and magnesium.

OBS

Limestone may be high calcium, magnesian or dolomitic.

Key term(s)
  • lime stone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fonderie
DEF

Carbonate de chaux impur, contenant au moins 50 à 56 % de CaO, utilisé comme fondant au cubilot et au haut fourneau, pour scorifier la silice provenant des cendres du coke, du sable, des gueuses de fonte ou de la gangue du minerai. Elle a pour effet de retenir le soufre du combustible, par formation de sulfure de calcium SCa insoluble dans la fonte.

Spanish

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