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Calcium - Emma Babaian
Calcium - Emma Babaian
Calcium - Emma Babaian
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
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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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
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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
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