Calcium to the Maximum
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What is calcium? Calcium is an essential mineral that is part of bones and teeth. The heart, nerves, and blood clotting systems also need calcium to work. It is used for treatment and resulting bone conditions including osteoporosis which is weak bones due to low bone density, rickets is a condition in children involving softening of the bones and they bend when you do not have enough calcium. Osteomalacia
is the softening of bones involving pain. Children especially need calcium as their skeletons grow. Many older women suffer from osteoporosis from low calcium. Some people use calcium for high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, and lyme disease. Calcium is good for our body and without the small percent
of calcium in our bones, nerves could not carry messages to the brain, and muscles could not contract properly.
People can get their calcium by eating white beans, canned salmon, sardines, dried figs, bok choy, kale, almonds and oranges. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium. Drink milk because it helps keep bones
and teeth strong owing to the fact that people lose calcium from your bones while sleeping!
Humphry Davy discovered calcium in the year 1808 and is an alkaline metal. The melting point of
calcium is 1548°F and the boiling point of is 2703°F. 90% of all calcium supplements are made from rocks. Calcium is the second most reactive element with water on the fourth energy level and generates
hydrogen gas. It has 20 protons, 20 neutrons and 20 electrons. It has 3 isotopes and has a +2 charge.
You cannot find pure calcium in the ground except in a lab because it really wants to bond with other
atoms including fluorine, chlorine, oxygen, and sulfur.
The name calcium comes from the Latin word calx which means lime. Of all elements in the Earth’s crust, calcium is the 5th most abundant, and in the body, it is the most abundant. It makes up just over
3% of soil, air and oceans. Calcium is also found in other minerals such as gypsum (calcium sulfate) and fluorite (calcium fluoride). Calcium compounds are most commonly found in sedimentary rocks such as limestone, chalk and marble where calcium carbonate minerals such as calcite and dolomite. The
element must be extracted using electrolysis. Once purified into a soft silvery-white metal, it will rapidly form a gray-white oxide and nitride coating when exposed to air. Calcium compounds are used in the making of cement, glass, lime, bricks, paint, paper, sugar, removing non-metallic impurities from alloys,
and as a reduction instrument in the preparation of other metals. Calcium salts are used to produce a
deep orange color in fireworks.
Calcium is common in soil and farmers can spread limestone or gypsum on the field to enhance the calcium. When plants grow, they combine carbon dioxide from the air, and water from the soil to form long chains of a substance called cellulose. The cellulose forms the framework that surrounds and
supports the cells of the plant. People often think of cellulose as the “skeleton” of the plant.
Calcium is a very abundant metal and is very good for our body because we could not function
properly without it. It is a smaller atom, but it has a big responsibility in our bodies.
is the softening of bones involving pain. Children especially need calcium as their skeletons grow. Many older women suffer from osteoporosis from low calcium. Some people use calcium for high blood
pressure, high cholesterol, and lyme disease. Calcium is good for our body and without the small percent
of calcium in our bones, nerves could not carry messages to the brain, and muscles could not contract properly.
People can get their calcium by eating white beans, canned salmon, sardines, dried figs, bok choy, kale, almonds and oranges. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium. Drink milk because it helps keep bones
and teeth strong owing to the fact that people lose calcium from your bones while sleeping!
Humphry Davy discovered calcium in the year 1808 and is an alkaline metal. The melting point of
calcium is 1548°F and the boiling point of is 2703°F. 90% of all calcium supplements are made from rocks. Calcium is the second most reactive element with water on the fourth energy level and generates
hydrogen gas. It has 20 protons, 20 neutrons and 20 electrons. It has 3 isotopes and has a +2 charge.
You cannot find pure calcium in the ground except in a lab because it really wants to bond with other
atoms including fluorine, chlorine, oxygen, and sulfur.
The name calcium comes from the Latin word calx which means lime. Of all elements in the Earth’s crust, calcium is the 5th most abundant, and in the body, it is the most abundant. It makes up just over
3% of soil, air and oceans. Calcium is also found in other minerals such as gypsum (calcium sulfate) and fluorite (calcium fluoride). Calcium compounds are most commonly found in sedimentary rocks such as limestone, chalk and marble where calcium carbonate minerals such as calcite and dolomite. The
element must be extracted using electrolysis. Once purified into a soft silvery-white metal, it will rapidly form a gray-white oxide and nitride coating when exposed to air. Calcium compounds are used in the making of cement, glass, lime, bricks, paint, paper, sugar, removing non-metallic impurities from alloys,
and as a reduction instrument in the preparation of other metals. Calcium salts are used to produce a
deep orange color in fireworks.
Calcium is common in soil and farmers can spread limestone or gypsum on the field to enhance the calcium. When plants grow, they combine carbon dioxide from the air, and water from the soil to form long chains of a substance called cellulose. The cellulose forms the framework that surrounds and
supports the cells of the plant. People often think of cellulose as the “skeleton” of the plant.
Calcium is a very abundant metal and is very good for our body because we could not function
properly without it. It is a smaller atom, but it has a big responsibility in our bodies.
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NCSSMDistanceEd. "Reaction of Calcium and Water." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015.
Alexis Gonzalez. "Harmony PBL: Cooking Eggs with Calcium Oxide." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015.
Periodic Videos. "Calcium Chloride in Bunsen Flame (reaction Only)." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015.
Datamuse. "RhymeZone: Calcium." RhymeZone: Calcium. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2015.
Sands, Stella, and Lois Markham. "Eating Your A,B,C's- and Iron, Too!" Kids Discover Nutrition. New York: Kids Discover, 2006. 8-9. Print.