2022: Chemical Symbol for Calcium (+ Color, Uses, State and more...)

Each chemical element has its own symbol and Calcium is no different.

However there's a lot of cool facts about Calcium (Ca) that most people don't know. Check this out:

Calcium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Ca (Calcium)

Description

Fairly hard, silvery-white metal. Fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust (41,500 ppm). Occurs only in compounds.

Sources

Obtained from minerals like chalk, limestone & marble. Pure metal is produced by replacing the calcium in lime (calcium carbonate, CaCO3) with aluminium in hot, low pressure retorts.

Atomic Number

20

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Atomic Mass

40,078

Name Origin

Latin: calx, calcis (lime).

Uses

Used by many forms of life to make shells and bones. Virtually no use for the pure metal, however two of its compounds are, lime (CaO) and gypsum (CaSO4), are in great demand by a number of industries.

State at 20 °C

Solid

Discovery

Discovered By: Sir Humphrey Davy

Year: 1808

Location: England

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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