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Mechanism of Hydration of Calcium Oxide

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THE mechanism of hydration of calcium oxide to form calcium hydroxide has not been satisfactorily established, despite extensive investigation by many workers1–6 utilizing techniques of X-ray diffraction, sorption, radioactive tracers and electron microscopy.

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    V. S. RAMACHANDRAN, P. J. SEREDA & R. F. FELDMAN

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RAMACHANDRAN, V., SEREDA, P. & FELDMAN, R. Mechanism of Hydration of Calcium Oxide. Nature 201, 288–289 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201288a0

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