calcium phosphate


noun
  1. any of several phosphates of calcium occurring naturally in some rocks and in animal bones, used as a fertilizer and food additive as well as in baking powder and dentifrices.

Origin of calcium phosphate

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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How to use calcium phosphate in a sentence

  • The usual forms are: (a) Ammoniomagnesium phosphate crystals; (b) acid calcium phosphate crystals; and (c) amorphous phosphates.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
  • Other adulterants of cream of tartar are acid calcium phosphate, starch, gypsum, and alum.

  • These take up increasing amounts of calcium phosphate, until finally the combination formed can no longer remain in solution.

    The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
  • According to Bang, before coagulation occurs, paracaseins with constantly greater affinity for calcium phosphate are produced.

    The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk
  • It is a very impure form of carbon, containing on the average about 80% of calcium phosphate.

British Dictionary definitions for calcium phosphate

calcium phosphate

noun
  1. the insoluble nonacid calcium salt of orthophosphoric acid (phosphoric(V) acid): it occurs in bones and is the main constituent of bone ash. Formula: Ca 3 (PO 4) 2

  2. any calcium salt of a phosphoric acid. Calcium phosphates are found in many rocks and used esp in fertilizers

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Scientific definitions for calcium phosphate

calcium phosphate

  1. Any of three powdery phosphates of calcium:

  2. A colorless powder used in baking powders, as a plant food, as a plastic stabilizer, and in glass. Calcium phosphate is deliquescent, and will dissolve in the water it absorbs from the atmosphere if it is not kept in a closed container. Chemical formula: Ca(H2PO4)2.

  1. A white crystalline powder used as an animal food, as a plastic stabilizer, and in glass and toothpaste. Chemical formula: CaHPO4.

  2. A white powder that is used in ceramics, rubber, fertilizers, and for various purposes in the food industry. Chemical formula: Ca3(PO4)2.

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