Uses

Uses For Calcium


 * Limelight, a flame that is fueled by burning calcium with hydrogen and oxygen gases. It was used for theaters in the 1860s and 1870s that is where the phrase "in the limelight" came from.
 * Calcium Hydroxide, created by adding water to lime which is used in fertilizer, sewage treatment chemicals, motar and ingredient in motars, plasters,or a base.
 * Mortar, is a mixture that hardens as it dries and is still used to holld stones and bricks togethor.