Calcium - Element #20
Alkaline Earth Metal
Calcium was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808. It's the 3rd most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, and has 10 different naturally occurring isotopes.
Periodic Table Info
- Atomic #20 on the table
- Atomic weight 40.078 grams
- Melting Point: 1115 K / 842 C / 1548 F
- Boiling Point: 1757 K / 1484 C / 2704 F
- Solid reactive metal
- Density: 1.54g/cm^3
- Period 4, group 2
- 20 protons, 20 neutrons, 20 electrons
- Nuclide Notation: 40/20 CA
- Hyphen Notation: Ca - 40
- Part of the Alkaline Earth Metals. Some group properties are that they are lustrous, silvery white in color, found in the S-Block or Orbital of the Periodic Table, they're somewhat reactive with water, have a 2+ charge, and have a low density, boiling and melting points.
An Acrostic poem about Calcium
Calcivorous
Active
Lustrous
Celliforous
Integral
Useful
Milk
Uses
Calcium has a couple of different uses, but the main and important ones that I've found are for use in the refinement of Thorium, Uranium, and Zirconium. Calcium is also used to remove Oxygen, Carbon, and Sulfur from Alloys. The last use of pure Calcium I've found is for their use in vacuum tubes; Calcium combines with the trace gases produced in vacuum tubes and makes them inert or makes them no longer harmful.
Compounds or Bonds including Calcium
Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3)
Quick Lime (CaO)
Calcium Phosphate (Ca3[PO4]2)
Calcium Reaction and Bonding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dszSKIM5rqk
Calcium is reacting with the oxygen to create Quick Lime.
It is a synthesis ionic bonding reaction, because two substances, and more specifically a metal and a non-metal are bonding together.
2Ca + O2 == 2CaO
1:1 mole ratio
Naturally Occurring Isotopes
- Calcium 40: 96.941% abundance, 39.96259 grams, Nuclide Notation: 40/20 Ca, Hyphen notation: Calcium-40
- Calcium 44: 2.086% abundance, 43.9554806 grams, Nuclide Notation: 44/20 Ca, Hyphen Notation: Calcium-44
- Calcium 42: 0.647% abundance, 41.9586176 grams, Nuclide Notation: 42/20 Ca, Hyphen Notation: Calcium-42
Works Cited:
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