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hydraulic lime

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hydraulic lime [hī′drȯ·lik ′līm]
(materials)
A type of limestone which has been heated and pulverized, and absorbs water without swelling or heating, yielding a cement that hardens under water.
cementitious
Having cementing properties.
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For mortar, he used the local clay and natural hydraulic lime, the binding stuff of stonemasonry going back to the Roman aqueducts, he said.
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Modern hydraulic cements started to be developed with the beginning of the industrial revolution (around 1700), led by the three principal needs: Hydraulics returns for the buildings of brick completion in wet climates * the mortars to hydraulic lime for the construction of masonry of the port functions etc, in contact with sea water.
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