Abstract: Process for manufacturing highly porous slake lime comprising a feeding step of quicklime, a feeding step of water in a feeding zone of a hydrator, a slaking step of said quicklime in a slaking zone of said hydrator and a maturation step in a maturation zone of said hydrator to form slaked lime.

Abstract: Process for manufacturing highly porous slake lime comprising a feeding step of quicklime, a feeding step of water in a feeding zone of a hydrator, a slaking step of said quicklime in a slaking zone of said hydrator and a maturation step in a maturation zone of said hydrator to form slaked lime.

Abstract: The invention relates to a powder composition based on a calcium/magnésium compound having formula (I), xCaA.(1?x)[yMgA+(1?y)MgO], in which A is a group ?(OH)2 or ?CO3 and x and y are mole fractions where 0<x=1 and 0=y=1, containing an amount of mineral solid flow agent that is less than 5 wt.-% of the composition, said agent being selected from the group containing vermiculite, perlite, diatomaceous earth and silica, in the form of particles having a size greater than 90 ?m.

Abstract: The invention relates to a powder composition based on a calcium/magnésium compound having formula (1), x Ca A. (1?x) [yMgA+(1?y)MgO], in which A is a group ?(OH)2 or ?CO3 and x and y are mole fractions where 0<x=1 and 0=y=1, containing an amount of mineral solid flow agent that is less than 5 wt.-% of the composition, said agent being selected from the group containing vermiculite, perlite, diatomaceous earth and silica, in the form of particles having a size greater than 90 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention is a Ca(OH)2 particle composition and a method of making the composition, the composition consisting essentially of dried calcium hydroxide particles having a moisture content of less than 2 percent by weight of the total composition, a specific surface area greater than 30 m2/g, a total nitrogen desorption pore volume of at least 0.1 cm3/g, and a CO2 content of less than 2 percent by weight of the total composition, the aforementioned particles being in the form of a mixture comprising first fraction of particles having a size of less than 32 micrometers and a second fraction of particles of a size greater than 32 micrometers, the weight percent of the second fraction ranging from 20 to 50 percent, the aforementioned particles having a nitrogen desorption pore volume consisting of pores with a diameter ranging from 100 to 400 Angstroms.