• In horticulture, lime sulfur (lime sulphur in British English, see American and British English spelling differences) is mainly a mixture of calcium polysulfides...
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    Notoedric mange include selamectin, moxidectin, ivermectin and lime sulfur dips. Lime sulfur is most commonly used and safe pesticide to control Notoedric...
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  • Brimstone – sulfur Flowers of sulfur – formed by distilling sulfur. Caustic potash/Caustic wood alkali – potassium hydroxide, formed by adding lime to potash...
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    Lime sulfur is effective against sarcoptic mange. It is made by mixing hydrated lime, sulfur, and water, and boiling for about 1 hour. Hydrated lime can...
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    Calcium oxide (redirect from Quick lime)
    "lime-mortars" to throw it at the enemy ships. Limestone is a substitute for lime in many applications, which include agriculture, fluxing, and sulfur...
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    clothing or limbs with sulfur powder. A diluted solution of lime sulfur (made by combining calcium hydroxide with elemental sulfur in water) is used as...
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    Flue-gas desulfurization (category Sulfur)
    limestone or lime, or seawater to scrub gases; Spray-dry scrubbing using similar sorbent slurries; Wet sulfuric acid process recovering sulfur in the form...
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    A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide). The chemical...
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    sulfate or sulfuric acid. Sulfate arrests slaking, causes the cement to set quickly and stronger. The Romans made concrete by mixing lime and volcanic...
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    extensive pollution and controversy. Milk of lime, Ca(OH)2, reacts with elemental sulfur to give a "lime-sulfur", which has been used as an insecticide. The...
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