Quick lime is a commonly used desiccant that adopts the chemical absorption method to remove water vapor, and it is also used in steel, pesticides, medicine, desiccants, leather, and dehydration of alcohols; this dataset includes primary raw materials, energy, atmospheric emissions, water emissions, and waste from the production process, but infrastructure, such as manufacturing of production equipment and construction of buildings, is not included in the dataset boundaries; the data inventory is formed by aggregating data from multiple sources; the production process of quick lime mainly comprises limestone crushing, pre-treatment of furnace materials, calcination, and lime processing, with the calcination kiln including rotary kilns or vertical kilns.
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