Question 16

The drying of milk of lime (white washing) is due to the action of-

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Whitewash cures through a reaction with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to form calcium carbonate in the form of calcite, a type of reaction generally known as carbonation or by the more specific term, carbonation.

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