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Figure 6.3: Mobile calcination plant with rotating kiln. Source: Spence 1976
lime on a slaking bench. Figure 6.4 shows a very simple slaking bench. The prin-
ciples are the same regardless of the size of the system. The reaction is exother-
mic:
CaO + H
2
O = Ca(OH)
2
+ 65.3 kJ
(2)
