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A limekiln
Limekiln
Credit:
Jean-Pol Grandmont
The conversion of
limestone
to quicklime (
calcium oxide
) was first carried out in
Ancient Egypt
but the process remains important even today. The picture shows a traditional
limekiln
near
Antoing
in
Belgium
.
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