氢氧化钙

氫氧化鈣

qīngyǎnghuàgài

noun

Meanings

1 calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)
2 slaked lime
3 hydrated lime

Characters

-ide; (chemical) compound

Examples

氢氧化钙的水溶液俗称石灰水。

Qīngyǎnghuàgài de shuǐ róngyè súchēng shíhuī shuǐ.

An aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide is commonly called limewater.

食品级氢氧化钙用来处理皮蛋的表面。

Shípǐn jí qīngyǎnghuàgài yònglái chǔlǐ pí dàn de biǎomiàn.

Food-grade calcium hydroxide is used to treat the surface of century eggs.

Tips

grammar

Chinese inorganic chemistry follows a strict morpheme formula. Read right-to-left: 钙 calcium | 化 -ide / compound | 氧 oxygen | 氢 hydrogen → 'hydrogen-oxygen-ide of calcium' = hydroxide of calcium. Same pattern: 氢氧化钠 NaOH, 氢氧化钾 KOH.

Stroke Order

氢 qīng

氧 yǎng

化 huà

钙 gài