Calcium hydroxide

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Hazard Name:

Calcium hydroxide

HAZARD:

Calcium hydroxide

CHEMICAL FORMULA:

Ca(OH)₂

EXPOSURE STANDARD:

5 mg/m³.

PHYSICAL FORM:

White Microcrystalline Powder

SYNONYMS:

Slaked Lime

RELATIVE DENSITY:

EXPOSURE:

Inhalation

IP(eV):

C.F:

LEL%:

USES/SOURCES:

In manufacture of mortar, plaster, whitewash, paper pulp; in drilling fluids

TOXICOLOGY:

Calcium hydroxide is a relativley strong base and therefore, a caustic irritant of all exposed surfaces of the body, including the respiratory tract.