Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks in all parts of the world, and is the main component of shells of marine organisms, snails, coal balls, pearls, and eggshells. Calcium carbonate is the active ingredient in agricultural lime, and is created when Ca ions in hard water react with...
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(from the article `calcium`) The most important of the calcium compounds is calcium carbonate, CaCO3, the major constituent of limestones, marbles, chalks, oyster shells, and ... Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), also used as a filler, is prepared by precipitation by the reaction of milk of lime with either carbon dioxide (CO2) or ... Carbo...
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A form of the mineral calcium that is used to prevent or treat osteoporosis (a decrease in bone mass and density) and to treat heartburn and upset stomach. It is also being studied in the prevention of bone problems in people with cancer. It is a type of dietary supplement.
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CaCO3 Molar mass: 100.0869
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CaCO3, a naturally occurring substance found in a variety of sources, including chalk, limestone, marble, oyster shells, and scale from boiled hard water. Used as filler in the alkaline paper manufacturing process, calcium carbonate improves several important paper characteristics, like smoothness, brightness, opacity, and affinity for ink; it also...
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An astringent, an antacid ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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an insoluble salt occurring naturally in bone, shells, and chalk; used as an antacid, calcium supplement, and phosphate binder, and for treatment of osteoporosis.
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Source of calcium which aids in bone and tooth development.
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A white solid found naturally as chalk, limestone, marble and calcite.
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a chemical combination of calcium, carbon, and oxygen. It is the main constituent of limestone. It forms a tenacious scale in water-handling facilities and is a cause of water hardness.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. an astringent, an antacid, and a calcium dietary supplement. Synonyms: chalk, creta
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Compound consisting of calcium and carbonate. Calcium carbonate has the following chemical structure CaCO
3.
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Swimming pool chemistry: Known as scale, crystalline deposits of calcium may form on your pool surfaces, equipment, or even line your pipes like cholesterol in your arteries. Properly balanced water can prevent this.
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Calcium carbonate is a natural occurring salt that is found in limestone, chalk, and marble. It is used as a pigment and for pigment prolonging.
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A white insoluble solid. Occurs naturally as chalk, limestone, marble and calcite. It is used as flux in glazes.
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a 'salt' used by many marine invertebrates, such as corals and echinoderms, and by protists, such as coccolithophorids, to construct their exoskeletons.
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n] - a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
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A chemical compound filler and extender used in thermoplastics, commonly found in rock.
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Photograph of Calcite courtesy of MineraliteA white insoluble solid, occuring naturally as chalk, limestone, marble and calcite. Symbol CaCO
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noun a salt found in nature as chalk or calcite or aragonite or limestone
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White solid, found in nature as limestone, marble, and chalk. It is a valuable resource, used in the making of iron, steel, cement, glass, slaked lime, bleaching powder, sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, and many other industrially useful substances
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Chemical compound with the formula CaCO3, a.k.a. chalk. Tends to raise pH; food grade calcium carbonate may be added in small amounts to brewing water if the pH is too low.
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A filler and extender used in thermoplastics. It occurs naturally in the form of minerals such as calcite, chalk, limestone, marble, and whiting.
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chemical name for the mineral calcite.
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