soda lime

lime (līm)

1. calcium oxide, a corrosively alkaline and caustic earth, CaO; having various industrial uses and also a pharmaceutic necessity.

2. the acid fruit of the tropical tree, Citrus aurantifolia; its juice contains ascorbic acid.

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soda lime  see under soda.

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soda /so·da/ (so´dah) a term loosely applied to sodium bicarbonate, sodium hydroxide, or sodium carbonate.

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baking soda , bicarbonate of soda sodium bicarbonate.

soda lime  calcium hydroxide with sodium or potassium hydroxide, or both; used as adsorbent of carbon dioxide in equipment for metabolism tests, inhalant anesthesia, or oxygen therapy.

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soda lime

n.

A mixture of calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide used to absorb carbon dioxide in rebreathing apparatus and in anesthesia circuits.

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soda lime (SL),

a mixture of sodium and calcium hydroxides used to absorb exhaled carbon dioxide in an anesthesia rebreathing system. Soda-lime glass beads are used in air-fluidized beds.

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soda

sodium carbonate.

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baking soda

sodium bicarbonate.

soda bush

see neobassia proceriflora.

soda lime

a mixture of 90% calcium hydroxide, 5% sodium hydroxide, 5% silica and water, used to absorb carbon dioxide from the exhaled air in a closed circuit anesthetic system. See also baralime.