Concept information
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
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الكالسيوم
Arabic
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Калций
Bulgarian
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kalcij
Croatian
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vápník
Czech
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Danish
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Dutch
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kaltsium
Estonian
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Finnish
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French
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German
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ασβέστιο
Greek
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Hungarian
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Italian
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Latvian
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kalcis
Lithuanian
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Norwegian
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Polish
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Portuguese
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calciu
Romanian
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Slovak
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kalcij
Slovenian
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Spanish
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kalcium
Swedish
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20804
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