Calcium

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Rhea Khanna
TABLE OF When was it
CONTENTS 03 discovered?

01 What is Calcium?
04 Who discovered it?

02 How was Calcium 05 Promoting 3 uses

discovered? of Calcium
 What is Calcium?
● Its a chemical element
● Calcium is an alkaline-Earth metal
● It’s the most abundant metallic element in the human
body!
● It’s atomic number is 20. (no. of protons in nucleus)
● Calcium can also be written as ‘Ca’ like in the periodic
table.
 How was Calcium
discovered?
Sir Humphry Davy electrolyzed a mixture of lime and
mercuric oxide and isolating it! Thus, Calcium was
formed.
 Who discovered
Calcium?
SIR HUMPHREY DAVY DISCOVERED
CALCIUM.
When was Calcium
discovered?

IN 1808.
 3 uses of Calcium

● It is used for the production of other metals (like an

alloying agent).
● Treatment of illnesses. (low calcium levels, muscle
cramps, osteoporosis, etc…)
● Helps i release of hormones.
Thank you! :)