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Lecture 05

This document discusses different types of lime used in construction, including shell lime obtained from sea animals, magnesian lime derived from dolomite, pure lime or quicklime produced from limestone, fat lime with high calcium oxide, and hydraulic lime containing silica and alumina. It also describes hydrated lime produced by slaking quicklime with water, lump lime straight from kilns, and milk lime which is a thin lime solution. The document explains benefits of using lime such as allowing buildings to breathe and providing a comfortable environment, as well as its ecological benefits like absorbing carbon dioxide and enabling reuse of materials.

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Lecture 05

This document discusses different types of lime used in construction, including shell lime obtained from sea animals, magnesian lime derived from dolomite, pure lime or quicklime produced from limestone, fat lime with high calcium oxide, and hydraulic lime containing silica and alumina. It also describes hydrated lime produced by slaking quicklime with water, lump lime straight from kilns, and milk lime which is a thin lime solution. The document explains benefits of using lime such as allowing buildings to breathe and providing a comfortable environment, as well as its ecological benefits like absorbing carbon dioxide and enabling reuse of materials.

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LECTURE NO.

5
Dated: 12/03/2020
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
– Introduction to Lime
– Classification
TUFA LIMESTONE BOULDERS KANKARS
SHELL LIME:
It is very pure lime obtained by
calcination of shells of sea
animals and corals. It is used for
white wash and color wash, soil
stabilization and glass
production.

MAGNESIAN LIME:
It is manufactured from
dolomite, derived from deposits
of calcium carbonate combined
with magnesium carbonate and
contains much higher levels
of magnesium. It is used for
making mortar and plaster.
PURE LIME:
Pure lime, generally called quick lime, is a
white oxide of calcium. Much of commercial
quick lime, however, contains more or less
magnesium oxide, which gives the product a
brownish or grayish tinge. Quick lime is the
lime obtained after the calcination of
limestone. It is also called caustic lime. It is
capable of slaking with water.

FAT LIME:
It has high calcium oxide component and, sets
and hardens by the absorption of CO from
atmosphere. These are manufactured by
burning marble, white chalk, calcareous tufa,
pure lime stone, sea shell and coral.

HYDRAULIC LIME:
It contains small quantities of silica, alumina,
iron oxide in chemical combination with
calcium oxide component. It has the property
to set and harden under water.
HYDRATED LIME:
When quick lime is finely
crushed, slaked with a
minimum amount of water,
and screened or ground to
form a fine homogeneous
powder the product is called
hydrated lime.

LUMP LIME:
It is the quick-lime coming
out of the kilns.

MILK LIME:
It is a thin pourable solution
of slaked lime in water.
WHY USE LIME?
LIME ALLOWS BUILDINGS TO BREATHE:
–In the search by architects and conservators for building materials sympathetic to traditional
construction, lime was found to be one of the most important. One of the reasons lime binders
are promoted by the society for the protection of Ancient Buildings for repair is because they
are vapor permeable and allows buildings to breathe. This reduces the risk of trapped moisture
and consequent damage to the building fabric.

LIME PROVIDES COMFORTABLE ENVIROMENT:


–Lime provides a comfortable environment porous and open textured materials such as lime
plasters help to stabilize the internal humidity of a building by absorbing and releasing
moisture. This makes for a more comfortable environment and reduce surface condensation.
THE USE OF LIME HAS
ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS:

–The use of lime has ecological benefits.


1. Lime contains less embodied energy than
cement
2. Free lime absorbs carbon dioxide in the setting
process of carbonation.
3. It is possible to produce lime on a small scale.
4. The gentle binding properties of lime enable
full re-use of other materials.
5. A very low proportion of quicklime will
stabilize clay soil. (to improve soil’s properties like
density, bearing capacity etc.)

LIME BINDS GENTLY WITH EARLY ADHESION:


–Lime binds gently with early adhesion. The fine particles size of lime, far smaller
than cement. Due to the fine particles size of the lime, it penetrates in minute voids in
the background more deeply than any other material. They bind gently and the
stickiness gives good adhesion to other surfaces.

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