calx (kalx)

Syn.: calcare. 1. Lime; of the U. S. Ph. and Br. Ph., purified quick lime (calcium monoxid), obtained by heating calcium carbonate. In chemical nomenclature the word was formerly used to denote the salts of calcium. For the salts of c, see under calcium, c. chlorin at a [U. S. Ph.]. Chlorinated lime; chlorinated calcium; calx chlorata [U. S. Ph., 1890]. So-called chlorid of lime.. It yields 30 per cent, of chlorin. c. sulphur at a. Sulphuretted lime. It consists of calcium sulphid (at least 55 per cent.), calcium sulphate, and carbon [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. liquor calcis. Commonly called lime water. A solution containing about 0.14 per cent, of calcium hydroxid [U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]. liquor calcis chlorin at a. A liquid containing not le than 2 per cent, of available chlorin [Br. Ph.]. liquor calcis sac char at a. A syrup containing about 2 per cent, of lime in solution [Br. Ph.]. liquor calcis sulphur at a. Vleminck's solution or lotion. Made by adding a mixture of slaked lime and sulphur to boiling water [N. F.]. syrup us calcis. A preparation containing about 6.5 per cent, of calcium hydroxid, in syrupy solution [U. S. Ph.]. [Lat, calx, calcis, lime.]