DENTAL CARE PRODUCTS. The lime is used in a quenched form for its disinfectant properties and its calcium contribution.

MEDICINES In many medicines, precipitated calcium carbonate derived from lime (easily assimilated by the body) is associated with the active molecules.

THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY incorporates lime in depilatory products in which it is used for its basic properties.

MANUFACTURE OF GELATIN. Gelatin is made from ox, cow and pig bones, clean of meat, fat, dried and chopped. Hydrochloric acid is first applied to separate the mineral elements from the organics. Subsequently, a lime grout is applied to the organic elements for 30-60 days in order to obtain the collagen by hydrolysis.

SUGAR PRODUCTION. Large amounts of quicklime with low silica and magnesium contents are consumed in order to precipitate the mineral or organic impurities that are mixed with the sucrose. Lime is used in the manufacture of beet and cane sugar.

BREWERY. Lime is added in the preparation phase of the water of constitution to absorb the excess CO2. OYSTER FARMING. The lime contributes to the sanitation of the supports of the nascent oysters and facilitates the calcium in their development.

FISH CULTURE. For the recalcification of lakes, ponds and rivers, lime brings the calcium needed to maintain the food chain while balancing the natural environment.

FOOD. Lime is added directly to the constitutive pastes of the Mexican "tacos" to balance the acidity of the very spicy condiments.  

Lime is used for the recovery of metals such as: copper, alumina, magnesium, zinc, lead, gold, silver, uranium, etc...

Each of the extraction procedures for these metals uses lime to separate the flocculated impurities and metal salts by flotation technique.

In the regeneration of mercury, lime is used to remove sulphur, also being used in the recovery of gold and silver to control the pH.

In the flotation process, lime is used to separate the impurities from the different metal salts, as well as to regulate the pH of the water used throughout the manufacturing process.

As a flux it is used in the smelting of copper, lead and zinc.

It is also used in the production of magnesium and in the production of aluminum as a scouring agent.

This industrial sector demands large quantities of quicklime in the form of clods with constant quality, high reactivity and low contents of sulphur, phosphorus and residual CO2.

Lime takes part in the melting phase in blast furnaces and as a refining agent for steels in the removal of impurities due to its desulphurization and dephosphorization properties as well as slag curing and fluidizing properties, retaining typical impurities such as silica, phosphorus, sulfur and, to a lesser extent, carbon and manganese.

When the wires are drawn, the lime acts as a lubricant, just as when molds of molten material are melted, facilitating the demoulding.

Scorification, desulfurization, dephosphorization and refractories and their protection are missions entrusted to lime.

This gas used in welding requires the production of calcium carbide. This material is made by bringing lime and petroleum coke coal into contact at high temperature in special ovens.

This industry is one of the biggest consumers of calcium oxide. Lime absorbs CO2 from sodium carbonate to regenerate soda ash, an expensive and difficult-to-handle reagent in the environment.

In this industry lime finds other secondary uses as a bleaching agent and in the treatment of waste water.

This industry is one of the biggest consumers of calcium oxide. Lime absorbs CO2 from sodium carbonate to regenerate soda ash, an expensive and difficult-to-handle reagent in the environment.

In this industry lime finds other secondary uses as a bleaching agent and in the treatment of waste water.

In glass-melting furnaces, the use of lime instead of limestone accelerates its melting, improving the luster and color of the finished product. It thus contributes to the saving of fuel used while improving the quality and production of the glass produced.

It uses lime oxide as an accelerator to increase the speed of vulcanization and, at the same time, removes excess moisture from the rubber.