Lime kiln, Lisnagat Road
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Lime kiln, Lisnagat Road
Image: © P Flannagan Taken: 27 Feb 2008
A lime kiln is used to produce quicklime through the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate). The chemical equation for this reaction is CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction takes place at 900 °C (at which temperature the partial pressure of CO2 is 1 atmosphere), but a temperature around 1000 °C (at which temperature the partial pressure of CO2 is 3.8 atmospheres) is usually used to make the reaction proceed quickly. Excessive temperature is avoided because it produces unreactive, "dead-burned" lime.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.277664
Longitude
-6.547539