Stability: The product is stable.
Instability Temperature: Not available.
Conditions of Instability: Incompatible materials
Incompatibility with various substances: Reactive with organic materials, acids, moisture.
Corrosivity: Not available.
Special Remarks on Reactivity:
Absorbs CO2 from air. Reacts with fluorine to evolve much heat and some light. Reacts with water. Addition of water to
Quicklime has generated temperatures as high as 800 C. Some reports describe the reaction as violent. In water, calcium
oxde forms calcium hydroxide generating a large quanity of heat. Ignition of sulfur, gunpowder, wood, and straw by heat of
Quicklime-water reaction has been reported. Liquid hydrofluoric acid and calcium oxide react very violently. Calcium reacts
with phosphorous pentoxide extremely violently when initiated by local heating. Lime becomes incandescent when heated to
near its melting point (2500 C).
Special Remarks on Corrosivity: Not available.
Polymerization: Will not occur.