On Feb 21, 8:49*pm, Frank wrote:
On 2/21/2010 6:43 PM, harry wrote:

Hello,

Is there any difference between that huge, 50-lb bag of white, lime
powder, and the Nutralime pellets of limestone that comes in a
smallish 40lb bag for sprinkling on sewage spill?

Lime is calcium oxide, slaked lime is calcium hydroxide and limestone is
calcium carbonate. *Not sure what difference it makes on sewage but pure
lime is the strongest, that is, contains the highest concentration of
alkali.



Hello,

So which one is the "Pure" : the Nutralime pellets, or the big, bag of
white, dusty stuff? I used to be able to purchase bags of pellet lime
(hydrated lime) that were white, but havenot seen them for 30
years . . . they were more expensive than the dusty powder. I wish
they would bring back the pellets of the white (allso "hydrated
lime"), because itis a lot erasier to work with than that dusty mess.