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Answer 1

Whitewash is made by mixing quicklime, which is another name for calcium oxide, `CaO`, with water.

Calcium oxide is obtained from the thermal decomposition reaction of limestone, which is another name used for calcium carbonate, `CaCO_3`. When you heat limestone, you convert it to calcium oxide and carbon dioxide.

`CaCO_(3(s)) -> CaO_((s)) + CO_(2(g))`

When calcium oxide is mixed, or slacked, with water, you get slacked lime, which is calcium hydroxide.

`CaO_((s)) + H_2O_((l)) -> Ca(OH)_(2(s))`

Calcium hydroxide is one of the main ingreadients in whitewash, along with chalk, or calcium carbonate, `CaCO_3`.

Calcium hydroxide is converted into calcium carbonate by a process called carbonation

`Ca(OH)_(2(s)) + CO_text(2(g]) -> CaCO_text(3(s]) + H_2O_((l))`

So, as a conclusion, whitewash is a solution that cxontains calcium hydroxide (slacked lime) and calcium carbonate (chalk).