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They are familiar, in areas with calcium-rich ("hard") water, as deposits in bathtubs, sinks, and showers when soap is mixed with the water's dissolved calcium carbonate/lime, calcium soaps form.Ģ C 17H 35COO −Na + + Ca 2+ → (C 17H 35COO) 2Ca + 2 Na + Techniques Calcium soaps are insoluble in water, and fairly hard. The soap chemically reacts with the lime plaster, forming lime (calcium) soaps.
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in some cases, marble or limestone sand (but not other aggregates).
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The basic constituents of tadelakt plaster are: Tadelakt is thought to have evolved from qadad, a similar plaster used in Yemen for millennia that is treated with calcium hydroxide and oils and fats instead of soaps. The term tadelakt, meaning "to rub in", is an Amazighified expression from the Arabic word تدليك tadlīk, meaning "to rub or massage."