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Inorganic Chemicals > Calcium Compounds > Calcium Carbonate
Inorganic Chemicals > Minerals > Calcium Carbonate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Carbonates > Calcium Carbonate
Inorganic Chemicals > Alkalies > Carbonates > Calcium Carbonate
Inorganic Chemicals > Carbon Compounds, Inorganic > Carbonic Acid > Carbonates > Calcium Carbonate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Carbonic Acid > Carbonates > Calcium Carbonate

Preferred term

Calcium Carbonate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Aragonite
  • Calcite
  • Calcium Milk
  • Chalk
  • Limestone
  • Marble
  • Milk of Calcium
  • Vaterite

Note

  • occurs in nature as chalk, limestone or marble; used in med as a buffer in hemodialysis

Scope note

  • Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002119

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