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The 11 pages that link to Calcium oxide, each with the reason it gives.
Soda–lime glassRelated: It supplies lime, helping make the glass more resistant to water.
Lime mortarRelated: Slaking quicklime produces the hydrated lime commonly used in mortar.
Calcium carbideRelated: It is a key carbide-manufacturing input, unlike the carbide product itself.
Potassium oxideCompared with: CaO has a one-to-one formula because calcium forms 2+ ions.
Strontium oxideCompared with: Quicklime shares SrO’s basic chemistry but is far more widely used.