Calcium Phosphate Definition

noun
A white amorphous powder, Ca3 (PO4 )2 , used in ceramics, rubber, fertilizers, and plastic stabilizers and as a food supplement.
American Heritage
Any of a number of phosphates of calcium found in bones, teeth, etc. and used in medicine and in the manufacture of enamels, glass, cleaning agents, etc.
Webster's New World
A monobasic colorless deliquescent powder, Ca(H2 PO4 )2 , used in baking powders, as a plant food, as a plastic stabilizer, and in glass.
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Other Word Forms of Calcium Phosphate

Noun

Singular:
calcium phosphate
Plural:
calcium phosphates

Calcium Phosphate Sentence Examples

  • It is a very impure form of carbon., containing on the average about 80% of calcium phosphate.

  • In Florida the system contains Y calcium phosphate of commercial value.

  • It occurs in the urine, blood, tissues, and bones of animals, calcium phosphate forming about 58% of bones, which owe their rigidity to its presence.

  • This method was generally adopted until 1775, when Scheele prepared it from bones, which had been shown by Gahn in 1769 to contain calcium phosphate.

  • In some people not being able to make the urine acid called renal tubular acidosis makes calcium phosphate stones more likely.

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