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CALCIUM ACETATE

Calcium acetate is manufactured by the reaction of calcium carbonate or
calcium hydroxide with acetic acid.
Ca(OH) + CH CO H → Ca(OCOCH ) + 2H O
2 3 2 3 2 2
Calcium acetate was formerly used to manufacture acetone by thermal
decomposition:

Ca(OCOCH ) → (CH ) C=O + CaO + CO
3 2 3 2 2
but now it is employed largely in the dyeing of textiles.

See Acetone.

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