calcium phosphate
noun
: any of various phosphates of calcium: such as
a
: the phosphate CaH4P2O8 used as a fertilizer and in baking powder
b
: the phosphate CaHPO4 used in pharmaceutical preparations and animal feeds
c
: the phosphate Ca3P2O8 used as a fertilizer
d
: the naturally occurring phosphate Ca5(F,Cl,OH,¹/₂CO3)(PO4)3 that contains other elements or radicals and is the chief constituent of phosphate rock, bones, and teeth
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For a satisfying melt, cheese needs a Goldilocks level of bonds between molecules of calcium phosphate embedded in the casein that lock together the protein network.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
All that remains after the process is bone fragments (calcium phosphate), which are dried and cooled and then crushed into ash and returned to the deceased person’s survivors, just as with a standard cremation.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
The primary component of enamel is the mineral calcium phosphate, arranged in a crystalline (small crystal) structure known as hydroxyapatite.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 31 July 2024
The Armed Forces Institute said Zadroga’s lungs had talc, cellulose, methacrylate, calcium phosphate, carbon and silica.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024
The kit uses three whitening ingredients, amorphous calcium phosphate, fluoride and potassium nitrate, to help whiten teeth and comes in a range of concentrations.
—Korin Miller, wsj.com, 20 Sep. 2023
The Capricorn cell salt is calcium phosphate.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2020
Each serving of 2 gummies contains 500 mg tribasic calcium phosphate, 1000 IU vitamin D, and 230 mg of phosphorus, which work in harmony for bone strengthening.
—Casey Seiden, Ms Rdn Cdn Cdces, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2023
In vertebrates, bones are mostly made up of calcium phosphate, as is tooth enamel.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
All that remains after the process is bone fragments (calcium phosphate), which are dried and cooled and then crushed into ash and returned to the deceased person’s survivors, just as with a standard cremation.
—New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2024
The primary component of enamel is the mineral calcium phosphate, arranged in a crystalline (small crystal) structure known as hydroxyapatite.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 31 July 2024
The Armed Forces Institute said Zadroga’s lungs had talc, cellulose, methacrylate, calcium phosphate, carbon and silica.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2024
The kit uses three whitening ingredients, amorphous calcium phosphate, fluoride and potassium nitrate, to help whiten teeth and comes in a range of concentrations.
—Korin Miller, wsj.com, 20 Sep. 2023
The Capricorn cell salt is calcium phosphate.
—BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2020
Each serving of 2 gummies contains 500 mg tribasic calcium phosphate, 1000 IU vitamin D, and 230 mg of phosphorus, which work in harmony for bone strengthening.
—Casey Seiden, Ms Rdn Cdn Cdces, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2023
In vertebrates, bones are mostly made up of calcium phosphate, as is tooth enamel.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
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