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calavera
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whats "limestone" and "peat"?
#1500993 - 04/28/03 02:41 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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hi
wnna make a casing, but have no idea whats peat and limestone.please descibe me. thanks.
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JohnnyRespect
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Limestone is just that, lime You'll find it at Lowes in the "SAND" isle, maybe outside in the garden center?
sphagnum peat moss is rotted swamp material. Lowes has this near the perlite/vermiculte/desert sand in large bags.
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calavera
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hi
i live in europe. it was lie 2 years in search just to get a bag of vermiculit ein my country. sp pls tell me whats it exactly, coz i dot have a chance to find in in a shop where they dont even have perlite.. )
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What country are you in?
spanish is I think = limestone =la piedra caliza
peat = el musgo de turba
but im just using an online translator.
lime/limestone is used in building houses ext.
limestone is made from calcite and is used to adjust ph. Chalk will work also.
hope that helps ;-) prob wont if your greek like i said im guessing.
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calavera
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Re: whats [Re: Paid]
#1503243 - 04/29/03 02:22 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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: ))) not greek : )
that will be a haed work again to gain these elements.
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Anno
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Re: whats "limestone" and "peat"? [Re: calavera]
#1503251 - 04/29/03 02:28 AM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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hi anno
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Do you think you managed to work out what you need? If not feel free to ask anymore questions. Was my spanish guess a good one?
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calavera
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Re: whats [Re: Paid]
#1504600 - 04/29/03 01:34 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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hi
thanks, i think i can surely get com CaCo3. but peat will be a little problem...can i use something else:??
thx, mulan calavera
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Re: whats "limestone" and "peat"? [Re: calavera]
#1504692 - 04/29/03 02:08 PM (20 years, 10 months ago) |
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LIMESTONE = A sedimentary rock consisting chiefly (more than 50% by weight or by areal percentages under the microscope) of calcium carbonate, primarily in the form of the mineral calcite, and with or without magnesium carbonate; specif. a carbonate sedimentary rock containing more than 95% calcite and less than 5% dolomite. Common minor constituents include silica (chalcedony), feldspar, clays, pyrite, and siderite. Limestones are formed by either organic or inorganic processes, and may be detrital, chemical, oolitic, earthy, crystalline, or recrystallized; many are highly fossiliferous and clearly represent ancient shell banks or coral reefs. Limestones include chalk, calcarenite, coquina, and travertine, and they effervesce freely with any common acid. Abbrev. ls. AGI b. A general term used commercially (in the manufacture of lime) for a class of rocks containing at least 80% of the carbonates of calcium or magnesium and which, when calcined, gives a product that slakes upon the addition of water.
LIME = Calcium oxide, CaO; specif. quicklime and hydraulic lime. The term is used loosely for calcium hydroxide (as in hydrated lime) and incorrectly for calcium carbonate (as in agricultural lime).
HYRDATED LIME = A dry powder, Ca(OH)2 , obtained by hydrating quicklime.
PEAT = There are two types of peat, low moor (Flachmoor) and high moor (Hochmoor) peat. Low moor peat is the most common starting material in coal genesis. It therefore constitutes a caustobiolith of low diagenetic degree. Peat is formed in marshes and swamps from the dead, and partly decomposed remains of the marsh vegetation. Stagnant ground water is necessary for peat formation to protect the residual plant material from decay. Peat has a yellowish brown to brownish black color, is generally of the fibrous consistency, and can be either plastic or friable; in its natural state it can be cut; further, it has a very high moisture content (above 75%, generally above 90%). It can be distinguished from brown coal by the fact that the greater part of its moisture content can be squeezed out by pressure (e.g., in the hand). Peat also contains more plant material in a reasonably good state of preservation than brown coal. Individual plant elements, such as roots, stems, leaves, and seeds, can commonly be seen in it with the unaided eye. Failing that, treatment of peat with dilute alkali will make visible many of these plant tissues. Further, peat is richer in cellulose than brown coal (reaction with Fehling's solution). Unlike brown coal, peat still contains cellulose, protected by lignin or cutin, which gives a reaction with chlorzinc iodide. Correspondingly, peat shows under the microscope tissues that have not undergone either lignification, suberinization, or cutinization; this is not the case in brown coal. The reflectance of peat is low (about 0.3%). Microscopic examination is best undertaken with transmitted light.
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