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Record 1 - external organization data 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Biochemistry
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Universal entry(ies)
Ca
symbol
7440-70-2
CAS number
DEF

A silver-white rather soft bivalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group that quickly tarnishes in air and when heated burns with a brilliant light, used chiefly in alloys and in various metallurgical processes, often as a scavenger, and never occurring native but very common in combination in certain minerals and rocks, especially as a carbonate (as in limestone), sulfate, or phosphate, in practically all natural waters, and in most animals and plants as an essential constituent.

OBS

calcium: term adopted by Environment Canada; used in the list of pollutants measured in the National Air Pollution Surveillance Network (NAPS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Biochimie
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ca
symbol
7440-70-2
CAS number
DEF

Métal le plus commun du groupe des alcalino-terreux. (Élément chimique de symbole Ca.) Numéro atomique : 20.

CONT

Le calcium n'existe pas dans la nature à l'état libre, mais ses composés sont très répandus et importants. Le plus abondant est le carbonate [...]; les diverses pierres calcaires en sont des échantillons plus ou moins purs. On peut encore citer le sulfate hydraté [...], qui constitue le gypse, le phosphate tricalcique [...], qui forme l'un des constituants minéraux des os.

OBS

calcium : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie; terme retenu par Environnement Canada : utilisé dans la liste des polluants mesurés par le Réseau national de surveillance de la pollution atmosphérique (RNSPA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Bioquímica
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Ca
symbol
7440-70-2
CAS number
DEF

Metal blanco, número atómico 20, que arde con llama brillante y se altera rápidamente en contacto con el aire.

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