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    3. 生石灰

    生石灰

    生せい石せっ灰かい

    quick lime

    KMT10News #45+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab16 strokes

    せいせっかい

    Noun

    1.
    quick lime

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    生せい石せっ灰かいは白しろい粉こなだ。

    Quicklime is a white powder.

    KMT8Science & Math
    生せい石せっ灰かいは水みずと反はんの応うして熱ねつを発はっ生せいする。

    Quicklime reacts with water to generate heat.

    KMT10Science & Math
    農のう業ぎょう分ぶん野やでは、土ど壌じょう改かい良りょうのために生せい石せっ灰かいが用もちいられることがある。

    In the agricultural sector, quicklime is sometimes used for soil improvement.

    KMT10Science & MathNature & Environment
    生せい石せっ灰かいは、製せい鉄てつや化かか学がく工こう業ぎょうで重じゅう要ような原げん料りょうとなる。

    Quicklime is an important raw material in steelmaking and the chemical industry.

    KMT10Science & MathBusiness & Finance
    歴れき史し的てきに、生せい石せっ灰かいは建けん築ちく材ざい料りょうとしても広ひろく利り用ようされてきた。

    Historically, quicklime has also been widely used as a building material.

    KMT10Science & MathHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    石
    いし…(9)
    stone
    灰
    はい…(1)
    ashes・puckery juice・cremate
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