Calcium oxide

About: Calcium oxide is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7600 publications have been published within this topic receiving 66104 citations. The topic is also known as: caustic lime & quicklime.

Glass filler for polycarbonate resin, and polycarbonate resin composition

Abstract: A glass filler for a polycarbonate resin, whereby the refractive index of the glass filler can be improved to the same level as a polycarbonate resin, and the transparency of a molded product after reinforced with such a filler can be maintained without coloration, and a polycarbonate resin composition employing such a filler, are provided. The polycarbonate resin composition comprises a polycarbonate resin and a glass filler which comprises, as inorganic components in the entire glass filler, from 50 to 60 mass % of silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ), from 7 to 15 mass % of aluminum oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), from 10 to 20 mass % of calcium oxide (CaO), from 0 to 5 mass % of magnesium oxide (MgO), from 2 to 8 masse of zirconium is oxide (ZrO 2 ), from 0 to 10 mass % of zinc oxide (ZnO), from 0 to 10 mass % of strontium oxide (SrO), from 0 to 18 mass % of barium oxide (BaO), from 0 to 2 mass % of lithium oxide (Li 2 O), from 0 to 2 mass % of sodium oxide (Na 2 O), and from 0 to 2 mass % of potassium oxide (K 2 O), provided that the total content of the lithium oxide (Li 2 O), the sodium oxide (Na 2 O) and the potassium oxide (K 2 O) is from 0 to 2 mass % based on the entire glass filler.

Fire or flame barrier material

Abstract: A fire or flame barrier material comprising an ethylene copolymer matrix, 150-220 parts by weight of aluminum hydroxide and 150-220 parts by weight of calcium carbonate or calcium-magnesium carbonate. The material can also include a lubricating agent, an elasticizer, calcium oxide, a polymer softening agent, a color-aging agent, and an antioxidant agent.

A preliminary study of processing seafood shells for eutrophication control

Abstract: Shells from the seafood processing industry in New Zealand are currently an under-utilized waste resource. In this study we investigate the processing conditions required for the creation of calcium oxide (lime) from green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) and pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) shells. Lime is commonly used in wastewater treatment for the removal of phosphorous compounds from water, thus providing a means of eutrophication control. Mussel and oyster shells were processed in a horizontal tube furnace at various temperatures (650–800 °C) in both air and nitrogen environments. From X-ray diffraction (XRD) and weight-loss measurements, the extent of limestone calcination was found to increase with increasing furnace temperature for both shell species and furnace atmospheres. Analysis showed that the lime was present as a layer on the surface of the shell particles. From scanning electron microscope (SEM) images, significant changes in the surface morphology of the raw shells were observed as a result of heat treatment in both air and nitrogen atmospheres. Preliminary testing of shells heat-treated in both air and nitrogen atmospheres indicated that both types of shell removed about 90% of phosphates in water within 30 min, whereas up to 40% of phosphates were removed with untreated shells. Our results for heat-treated oyster shell differ slightly with studies in the literature, which report an absence of compositional and structural changes in an air atmosphere. Copyright © 2007 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.