In terms of analyzing and modeling conditioned dry absorption, an unbiased view on the injected hydrated lime particles is needed. Multiple investigations on the reaction mechanisms are reported in the literature. Nevertheless, outstanding issues still exist as a necessary conservation in the time between the particle sampling and analysis as well as the suitability of the analyzing methods itself has been regarded only roughly yet. Thus, in this work TGA, XRD, and SEM-EDS were used for analyzing Ca(OH)(2)-CaCl2 center dot 2H(2)O-mixtures. TGA turned out to be inappropriate as the composition of the mixture changes during analysis. A cooling of the particle samples down to 277.15 K under air exclusion proved to be a sufficient conservation method for the time span between sampling and analysis.