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  Healthy Living With a Twist - LIME
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  Chemical of the Week -- Lime
When lime is mixed with water and sand, the result is mortar, which is used in construction to secure bricks, blocks, and stones together.
Lime is used in stack gas scrubbers to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants.
The paper industry uses it in pulping wood; because lime is highly alkaline, it dissolves the lignin that binds the fibers together in wood.
scifun.chem.wisc.edu /chemweek/lime/lime.html   (871 words)

  
  Lime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lime tree - a tree of the genus Tilia, known as a "lime tree" in Britain and a "linden tree" in North America.
Lyme disease - an infectious disease, caused by the Borrelia spirochete, a gram-negative microorganism.
Limes - the ancient defenses on the frontiers of the Roman Empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lime   (302 words)

  
 Lime (fruit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lime is a term referring to a number of different citruses, both species and hybrids, which are typically round, green to yellow in color, 3-6 cm in diameter, generally containing sour pulp, and frequently associated with the lemon.
Lime fruit, and particularly their juice, are used in beverages, such as limeade (akin to lemonade).
Alcoholic beverages prepared with limes include cocktails such as gin and tonic, margarita, mojito, and Cuba libre, as well as many drinks that may be garnished with a thin slice of the fruit or corkscrew strip of the peel (twist).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lime_(fruit)   (431 words)

  
 Lime - LoveToKnow 1911
The lime trees, species of Tilia, are familiar timber trees with sweet-scented, honeyed flowers, which are borne on a common peduncle proceeding from the middle of a long bract.
The lime sometimes acquires a great size; one is recorded in Norfolk as being 16 yds.
Among the many famous avenues of limes may be mentioned that which gave the name to one of the best-known ways in Berlin, "Unter den Linden," and the avenue at Trinity College, Cambridge.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lime   (615 words)

  
 Mexican Lime
The lime became a common dooryard fruit and by 1883 was being grown commercially on a small scale in Orange and Lake Counties.
On the island of Niue, limes are grown on a thin layer of topsoil underlain with limestone.
In India, Mexican limes picked green were coated with wax emulsion containing the growth regulator, indole butyric acid, at 2,000 ppm and kept at room temperature of 65º to 85º F (18.33-29.44º C) and relative humidity of 60 to 90% for 17 days.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/morton/mexican_lime.html   (3313 words)

  
 Tahiti Lime
The limes are collected in wooden field boxes and conveyed by truck to packinghouses where they are graded, washed, waxed, and packed in 10-,20-,40-,or 55-lb (4.5-,9-,18-,or 25-kg) corrugated cartons for shipment to retailers.
Limes for shipment to Hawaii and Arizona must be fumigated with methyl bromide because of possible infestation by Caribbean fruit fly.
In Florida, a wedge of lime is commonly served with avocado, and lime juice is frequently used as an alternative to vinegar in dressings and sauces.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/morton/tahiti_lime.html   (2149 words)

  
 lime - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Lime (fruit), common name for a tree (Rue), and for its fruit (Citrus).
Limes are native to Southeast Asia and are cultivated chiefly in tropical...
Lime (substance), caustic solid substance, white when pure, obtained by calcining limestone and other forms of calcium carbonate.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=lime   (179 words)

  
 BuildingConservation.com
Prior to the introduction of cement in the early 19th century, the binder used in mortar and render was almost invariably lime, and this material continued to be used widely until the end of the century.
Lime is made by first burning chalk or limestone to form quick lime (calcium oxide) and then slaking the quicklime with water (forming calcium hydroxide).
When matured (lime putty continues to mature for months), the result is the purest form of non-hydraulic lime, ideal for making fine plasterwork and limewash, but also widely used for pointing masonry and making render, daub and other lime-based mortars.
www.buildingconservation.com /articles/limebasic/limebasic.htm   (1198 words)

  
 Meckleys Limestone History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lime quality is based upon the neutralizing ability as determined by its calcium carbonate equivalent (CCE) and by the speed of reaction as determined by its fineness.
Liming materials containing less than 50 percent CCE are mostly of components that do not contribute to the neutralizing capabilities of the material.
The lime recommendation on the soil test report is based on the amount of exchangeable acidity (or exchangeable H+) measured by the lime requirement soil test and the optimum soil pH for the crop.
www.meckleys.com /agronomyfacts.htm   (3677 words)

  
 Liming the Lawn
Lime is a compound of calcium or calcium and magnesium capable of counteracting the harmful effects of an acid soil on lawn grasses.
Lime is primarily a soil amendment or conditioner and not a fertilizer, as is commonly thought.
Applications of lime on established lawns may be made at any time of the year, the most favorable time of the year being fall, winter, or early spring, in that order.
www.wvu.edu /~agexten/hortcult/turf/liming.htm   (1005 words)

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