Lime kiln

A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone to produce the form of lime called quicklime. The chemical equation for this reaction is: CaCO3 + heat → CaO + CO2 This reaction can take place at anywhere above 840 °C, but is generally considered to occur at 900 °C, but a temperature around 1,000 °C is usually used to make the reaction proceed quickly.
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  • Type: Industrial building
  • Description: kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide)
  • Also known as: “lime kiln”, “lime-kiln”, and “limekiln”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Sainte-Félicité-Sainte-Perpétue de Nizas and Nizas war memorial.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Lime kiln.

Memorial
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is situated 1¼ km northeast of Lime kiln.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Lime kiln.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pézenas and Montagnac.

Photo: Christian Ferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a commune in the department in the region in southern .

Village
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is a commune in the department in the region in southern . is situated 7 km east of Lime kiln.

Lime kiln

Latitude
43.505° or 43° 30′ 18″ north
Longitude
3.39981° or 3° 23′ 59″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
8FM5G93X+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1054903039
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­kiln
Wiki­data ID
Q59772
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Lime kiln” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قمائن الجير”
  • Arabic: “قمين الجير”
  • Arabic: “قمين الكلس”
  • Arabic: “قمين جير”
  • Aragonese: “Calsinar”
  • Aragonese: “Calsinars”
  • Aragonese: “Forno de calso”
  • Basque: “karobi”
  • Basque: “Karobi”
  • Catalan: “forn de calç”
  • Catalan: “Forn de calç”
  • Catalan: “forns de calç”
  • Chinese: “石灰窑”
  • Chinese: “石灰窯”
  • Czech: “vápenice”
  • Czech: “vápenka”
  • Czech: “Vápenka”
  • Danish: “kalkbrænderovn”
  • Danish: “kalkovn”
  • Dutch: “kalkbranderij”
  • Dutch: “kalkoven”
  • Dutch: “Kalkoven”
  • Dutch: “kalkovens”
  • Dutch: “schelpkalkoven”
  • Estonian: “Lubjaahi”
  • Finnish: “kalkkiuuni”
  • French: “four a chaux”
  • French: “four à chaux”
  • French: “Four à chaux”
  • French: “fours à chaux”
  • Galician: “forno de cal”
  • Galician: “Forno de cal”
  • German: “Kalkbrennen”
  • German: “Kalkbrennerei”
  • German: “Kalkbrennofen”
  • German: “Kalkofen”
  • Hebrew: “כבשן סיד”
  • Hungarian: “mészégető kemence”
  • Icelandic: “Kalkofn”
  • Irish: “áith aoil”
  • Italian: “calcara”
  • Italian: “Calcara”
  • Italian: “calchera”
  • Italian: “forno da calce”
  • Japanese: “石灰窯”
  • Limburgan: “Kalkaoëve”
  • Limburgan: “Kalkaove”
  • Limburgan: “Kalkbranderie”
  • Limburgan: “Kalkbrenove”
  • Limburgan: “Kalkove”
  • Macedonian: “варница”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalkbrenneri”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “kalkovn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalksteinsovn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sjaktovn”
  • Norwegian: “Kalkovn”
  • Papiamento: “forno di calki”
  • Papiamento: “Forno di calki”
  • Papiamento: “forno di kalki”
  • Persian: “کوره پخت آهک”
  • Polish: “Piec wapienniczy”
  • Polish: “Piec wapienny”
  • Polish: “Wapiennik”
  • Portuguese: “forno de cal”
  • Portuguese: “Forno de cal”
  • Romansh: “Chaltgera”
  • Serbian: “Кречарство”
  • Slovenian: “apnena peč”
  • Slovenian: “Apneničarstvo”
  • Spanish: “calera”
  • Spanish: “horno de cal”
  • Spanish: “Horno de cal”
  • Swedish: “kalkbränning”
  • Swedish: “kalkbruk”
  • Swedish: “kalkmilor”
  • Swedish: “Kalktillverkning”
  • Swedish: “kalkugn”
  • Ukrainian: “вапняна піч”
  • Ukrainian: “вапнярка”
  • Walloon: “Tchåfor”
  • Welsh: “odyn galch”
  • Western Frisian: “Kalkûne”
  • Western Frisian: “Skulpekalkûne”

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