Preferred term
calcium
Definition
- [GEMET] A malleable silvery-white metallic element of the alkaline hearth group; the fifth most abundant element in the earth crust, occurring especially as forms of calcium carbonate. It is an essential constituent of bones and teeth and is used as a deoxidizer in steel.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Ca
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Arabic
- الكالسيوم
Bulgarian
- Калций
Croatian
- kalcij
Czech
- vápník
Danish
- calcium
Dutch
- calcium
Estonian
- kaltsium
Finnish
- kalsium
French
- calcium
German
- Calcium
Greek
- ασβέστιο
Hungarian
- kalcium
Italian
- calcio
Latvian
- kalcijs
Lithuanian
- kalcis
Norwegian
- kalsium
Polish
- wapń
Portuguese
- cálcio
Romanian
- calciu
Slovak
- vápnik
Slovenian
- kalcij
Spanish
- calcio
Swedish
- kalcium
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20804