{"id":105060,"date":"2026-05-02T03:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T03:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/?post_type=product&#038;p=105060"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:06:16","slug":"calcium-hydroxide-20kg","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/?product=calcium-hydroxide-20kg","title":{"rendered":"Calcium Hydroxide 20kg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calcium Hydroxide 20kg<\/p>\n<p>Calcium Hydroxide Ca(OH)2 20kg<\/p>\n<p>CALCIUM HYDROXIDE (Lime White) 20kg<\/p>\n<ul> Calcium Hydroxide 20kg <\/p>\n<li>Calcium hydroxide (Hydrated lime) is traditionally called slaked lime, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2.<\/li>\n<li>It is a colourless crystal or white powder and is obtained when calcium oxide (lime or quicklime) is mixed, or \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdslaked\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd with water.<\/li>\n<li>Calcium hydroxide is used in many applications, including food preparation.<\/li>\n<li>One significant application of calcium hydroxide is as a flocculant, in water and sewage treatment.<\/li>\n<li>It is also used in fresh water treatment for raising the pH of the water so pipes will not corrode where the base water is acidic; hydrated lime is self-regulating and does not raise the pH too much.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Hydrated lime has many other applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As an ingredient in whitewash, mortar, and plaster In road construction, to improve the quality of excessively plastic subgrade soils.<\/li>\n<li>As a long-lasting fungicide In the petroleum refining industry for the manufacture of additives to oils.<\/li>\n<li>In the chemical industry for manufacture of calcium stearate.<\/li>\n<li>For preparation of dry mixes for painting and decorating.<\/li>\n<li>In manufacturing mixes for pesticides, and as a natural insecticide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Calcium Hydroxide 20kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calcium Hydroxide, 20kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":112259,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[42653],"product_tag":[44116],"class_list":["post-105060","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-raw-chemicals","product_tag-calcium-hydroxide-20kg","entry","has-media","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","has-product-nav","col","span_1_of_3","owp-content-center","owp-thumbs-layout-horizontal","owp-btn-normal","owp-tabs-layout-horizontal","has-no-thumbnails"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/105060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/112259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=105060"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=105060"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hospitalsupplies.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=105060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}