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calcium carbonate


calcium carbonate

noun

Definition of CALCIUM CARBONATE

: a compound CaCO3 found in nature as calcite and aragonite and in plant ashes, bones, and shells and used especially in making lime and portland cement and as a gastric antacid
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First Known Use of CALCIUM CARBONATE

1869

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