How to Use calcium hydroxide in a Sentence

calcium hydroxide

noun

• In the case of masa, the calcium hydroxide dissolves part of the outer seed coat of corn kernels and breaks down the fats and proteins in the germ.
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2024
• The answer was portlandite, or calcium hydroxide.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Feb. 2020
• Water and glucomannan make up the bulk of the noodle, with a calcium additive, like pickling lime or calcium hydroxide, added to keep the shape of the noodle.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
• Acid can be used to leach elements like calcium out, then a chemical or energetic process precipitates that calcium as calcium hydroxide.
  — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
• Last year, associate restaurant critic Cesar Hernandez wrote about the Bay Area pop-ups and food trucks making their own tortillas from scratch, a process that begins by soaking corn in a solution of calcium hydroxide, also known as pickling lime or cal.
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 June 2024