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Definition of calcium
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Calcium
(n.) An
elementary
substance;
a metal which
combined
with
oxygen
forms lime. It is of a pale
yellow
color,
tenacious,
and
malleable.
It is a
member
of the
alkaline
earth group of
elements.
Atomic
weight
40.
Symbol
Ca..
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Scheelite
::
Scheelite
(n.)
Calcium
tungstate,
a
mineral
of a white or pale
yellowish
color and of the
tetragonal
system
of
crystallization..
Quicklime
::
Quicklime
(a.)
Calcium
oxide;
unslacked
lime; -- so
called
because
when wet it
develops
great heat. See 4th Lime, 2..
Nitrocalcite
::
Nitrocalcite
(n.)
Nitrate
of
calcium,
a
substance
having
a
grayish
white
color,
occuring
in
efforescences
on old
walls,
and in
limestone
caves,
especially
where there
exists
decaying
animal
matter..
Effloresce
::
Effloresce
(v. i.) To
become
covered
with a
whitish
crust or light
crystallization,
from a slow
chemical
change
between
some of the
ingredients
of the
matter
covered
and an acid
proceeding
commonly
from an
external
source;
as, the walls of
limestone
caverns
sometimes
effloresce
with
nitrate
of
calcium
in
consequence
of the
action
in
consequence
of
nitric
acid
formed
in the
atmosphere..
Calcareous
::
Calcareous
(a.)
Partaking
of the
nature
of
calcite
or
calcium
carbonate;
consisting
of, or
containing,
calcium
carbonate
or
carbonate
of
lime..
Chalk
::
Chalk (n.) A soft,
earthy
substance,
of a
white,
grayish,
or
yellowish
white
color,
consisting
of
calcium
carbonate,
and
having
the same
composition
as
common
limestone..
Stalactite
::
Stalactite
(n.) A
pendent
cone or
cylinder
of
calcium
carbonate
resembling
an
icicle
in form and mode of
attachment.
Stalactites
are found
depending
from the roof or sides of
caverns,
and are
produced
by
deposition
from
waters
which have
percolated
through,
and
partially
dissolved,
the
overlying
limestone
rocks..
Lime
::
Lime (v. t.) To treat with lime, or oxide or
hydrate
of
calcium;
to
manure
with lime; as, to lime hides for
removing
the hair; to lime sails in order to
whiten
them..
Calcination
::
Calcination
(n.) The act or
process
of
disintegrating
a
substance,
or
rendering
it
friable
by the
action
of heat, esp. by the
expulsion
of some
volatile
matter,
as when
carbonic
and acid is
expelled
from
carbonate
of
calcium
in the
burning
of
limestone
in order to make
lime..
Vichy Water
::
Vichy water () A
mineral
water found at
Vichy,
France.
It is
essentially
an
effervescent
solution
of
sodium,
calcium,
and
magnetism
carbonates,
with
sodium
and
potassium
chlorides;
also, by
extension,
any
artificial
or
natural
water
resembling
in
composition
the Vichy water
proper.
Called
also,
colloquially,
Vichy..
Super
::
Super-
() A
prefix
formerly
much used to
denote
that the
ingredient
to the name of which it was
prefixed
was
present
in a
large,
or
unusually
large,
proportion
as
compared
with the other
ingredients;
as in
calcium
superphosphate.
It has been
superseded
by per-, bi-, di-, acid, etc. (as
peroxide,
bicarbonate,
disulphide,
and acid
sulphate),
which
retain
the old
meanings
of
super-,
but with
sharper
definition.
Cf. Acid, a., Bi-, Di-, and
Per-..
Apophyllite
::
Apophyllite
(n.) A
mineral
relating
to the
zeolites,
usually
occurring
in
square
prisms
or
octahedrons
with
pearly
luster
on the
cleavage
surface.
It is a
hydrous
silicate
of
calcium
and
potassium..
Metal
::
Metal (n.) An
elementary
substance,
as
sodium,
calcium,
or
copper,
whose oxide or
hydroxide
has basic
rather
than acid
properties,
as
contrasted
with the
nonmetals,
or
metalloids.
No sharp line can be drawn
between
the
metals
and
nonmetals,
and
certain
elements
partake
of both acid and basic
qualities,
as
chromium,
manganese,
bismuth,
etc..
Suberose
::
Suberone
(n.) A
colorless
liquid,
analogous
suberone
proper,
having
a
pleasant
peppermint
odor. It is
obtained
by the
distillation
of
calcium
suberate..
Dimorphism
::
Dimorphism
(n.)
Crystallization
in two
independent
forms of the same
chemical
compound,
as of
calcium
carbonate
as
calcite
and
aragonite..
Oxycalcium
::
Oxycalcium
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
oxygen
and
calcium;
as, the
oxycalcium
light.
See
Drummond
light..
Osteolite
::
Osteolite
(n.) A
massive
impure
apatite,
or
calcium
phosphate..
Tachhydrite
::
Tachhydrite
(n.) A
hydrous
chloride
of
calcium
and
magnesium
occurring
in
yellowish
masses
which
rapidly
deliquesce
upon
exposure.
It is found in the salt mines at
Stassfurt.
Acetylene
::
Acetylene
(n.) A
gaseous
compound
of
carbon
and
hydrogen,
in the
proportion
of two atoms of the
former
to two of the
latter.
It is a
colorless
gas, with a
peculiar,
unpleasant
odor, and is
produced
for use as an
illuminating
gas in a
number
of ways, but
chiefly
by the
action
of water on
calcium
carbide.
Its light is very
brilliant..
Travertine
::
Travertine
(n.) A white
concretionary
form of
calcium
carbonate,
usually
hard and
semicrystalline.
It is
deposited
from the water of
springs
or
streams
holding
lime in
solution.
Extensive
deposits
exist at
Tivoli,
near
Rome..
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