to show the combination reaction between quick lime with water is an exothermic reaction Share with your friends Share 0 Girish2687... answered this Ca0 + h2o -----> Ca(oh)2 IT IS NOT EXOTHERMIC REACTION 1 View Full Answer Revanth answered this When quick lime is added to water it reacts to form a substance called slaked lime.the equation for it is-CaO(quick lime or calcium oxide) + H2O(water) gives Ca(OH)2(slaked lime or calcium hydroxide) + heatWhen the reaction is taking place we can notice a large amount of heat energy is given out. Thus it is know as an exothermic reaction. 3 Anterdipan Singh answered this cao reacts with water to form ca(oh)2 and h2 1 Kapish Upadhyay answered this Revanth had explained the answer very well. Well done!! 1