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Calcium carbonate

anhydrous, free-flowing, Redi-Dri™, ReagentPlus®, ≥99%

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Linear Formula:
CaCO3
CAS Number:
471-34-1
Molecular Weight:
100.09
Beilstein:
8008338
EC Number:
207-439-9
MDL number:
MFCD00010906
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
24892891
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

anhydrous

Quality Level

100

product line

ReagentPlus®
Redi-Dri™

Assay

≥99%

form

powder

quality

free-flowing

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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JAN Code

900500-100G:
900500-BULK:
900500-500G:

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Polymorphs calcium carbonate on temperature reaction.
Chong KY, et al.
AIP Conference Proceedings, 1614(1) (2014)
Kinetics of calcium carbonate decomposition.
Rao TR.
Chemical Engineering & Technology, 19(4), 373-377 (1996)
Calcium carbonate nanoparticles as cancer drug delivery system.
Maleki Dizaj S, et al.
Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 12(10) (2015)
Opposite particle size effect on amorphous calcium carbonate crystallization in water and during heating in air.
Zou Z, et al.
Chemistry of Materials, 27(12), 4237-4246 (2015)
Permeability of porous ceramic based on calcium carbonate as pore generating agent.
Sim?o L, et al.
Ceramics International, 41(3), 4782-4788 (2015)
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