calcium

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (countable, uncountable) The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
2. (countable) An atom of this element.

Konzepte

Kalzium

Calcium

Kalk

Ca

Synonyme

lime

Ca

atomic number 20

K line

liquid grease

calcic

calsium

lava

H line

Übersetzungen

calcium

calcio

calcio

calcium

cálcio

calci

ασβέστιο

kalsiyum

calcium

كلسيوم

كالسيوم

calci

kalsiyûm

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkælsi.əm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from Latin calx (“lime, limestone”) because it occurs in limestone. By surface analysis, calc- + -ium.