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Calcium carbonate

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Linear Formula:
CaCO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
100.09
Beilstein:
8008338
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.55

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99% (EDTA titration)

form

powder

pH

8

density

2.93 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[Ca++].[O-]C([O-])=O

InChI

1S/CH2O3.Ca/c2-1(3)4;/h(H2,2,3,4);/q;+2/p-2

InChI key

VTYYLEPIZMXCLO-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Calcium carbonate is a calcium salt commonly found in shells and skeleton of marine animals. It is an inexpensive, non-toxic and easily available reagent with a wide range of applications such as uptake of CO2 and extraction of heavy metals and arsenic from ground water. Its crystals exist as 3 different polymorphs namely, calcite, aragonite, and vaterite. The kinetics of pyrolysis of calcium carbonate under non-isothermal conditions have been investigated.

Application

Calcium carbonate may be used:
  • As a pore generating agent to prepare porous ceramics.
  • As chelometric standard for the standardization of EDTA solution.
  • To extract aluminium by microwave induced thermal activation of coal fly ash (CFA).
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Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

nwg

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Kinetics of calcium carbonate decomposition.
Rao TR.
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 19(4), 373-377 (1996)
Polymorphs calcium carbonate on temperature reaction.
Chong KY, et al.
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1614(1) (2014)
Permeability of porous ceramic based on calcium carbonate as pore generating agent.
Sim?o L, et al.
Ceramics International, 41(3), 4782-4788 (2015)
Aluminum release from microwave-assisted reaction of coal fly ash with calcium carbonate.
Zhang ZY, et al.
Fuel Processing Technology, 134, 303-309 (2015)
Kanwaljit Kaur
Handbook of Water and Wastewater Analysis, 247-248 (2007)

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