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Calcium Properties and Uses Guide

Calcium is a metallic element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. It has a shiny metal form but is commonly found as a white, chalky substance called calcium oxide. Calcium is abundant in the earth's crust and human body, where it is important for bone building. It is commonly found in compounds like limestone and is used to make cement and in steelmaking. Sir Humphrey Davy discovered calcium in 1808 by extracting it from calcium hydroxide using electricity.

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Calcium Properties and Uses Guide

Calcium is a metallic element with the symbol Ca and atomic number 20. It has a shiny metal form but is commonly found as a white, chalky substance called calcium oxide. Calcium is abundant in the earth's crust and human body, where it is important for bone building. It is commonly found in compounds like limestone and is used to make cement and in steelmaking. Sir Humphrey Davy discovered calcium in 1808 by extracting it from calcium hydroxide using electricity.

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Calcium

Emma Babaian

20

Ca
Calcium
40.078

-Group: 2
-Period: 4
-Family/Group
Name: Alkaline
Earth Metal

State Of Matter
State @ Room Temperature: Solid
Type: Metal
Boiling Point: 839 Celsius
Melting Point: 1484.4 Celsius

Bohr Model and Lewis Dot Structure

Ca
p= 20
n=20

Protons: 20
Neutrons: 20
Electrons: 20

Primary Uses
It is in calcium carbonate
(limestone), in which it is used
for building and cementing.

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Calcium is also present in the


process of steelmaking, where
it is used to get rid of the
impurities present in iron ore.

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Physical Properties
Density: 1.55g/cm^3
Color: Metal form is shiny, decomposed --and most common--form
(calcium oxide) is a white, chalky substance
Odor: odorless
Naming: It was named calcium by its discoverer because of its
abundance in calx.
It is typically found in compounds such as fluorite (calcium fluoride),
gypsum (calcium sulfate), and limestone (calcium carbonate). Pure
calcium metal is not stable enough to occur in nature naturally.
Abundance: As it is a big part of bone building, Calcium is the most
abundant of any mineral in the human body. Additionally, limestone
and other calcium compounds are very common in the earths crust.

Discovery
Even with all its compounds being used in daily life for a
long time, calcium itself was not discovered until 1808 when
Sir Humphrey Davy used electricity to isolate the metal from
a mixture of calcium hydroxide and mercury. It took him
multiple tries, but eventually, with advice from other
scientists, he was able to extract calcium from calcium
hydroxide by running a current through it, mix it with
mercury, and then separate the calcium metal from the
mercury through distillation.

Resources
Calcium. (n.d.). Retrieved November 3, 2015, from https://umm.
edu/health/medical/altmed/supplement/calcium
Calcium. (2012, October 4). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
Dynamic Periodic Table. (n.d.). Retrieved November 3, 2015.
Touchpress Limited. (2015). The Elements by Theodore Gray
(Version 2.0.5) [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http:
//itunes.apple.com on November 3, 2015.

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