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Carbonic acid calcium salt (CaCO3). An odorless, tasteless powder or crystal that occurs in nature. It is used therapeutically as a phosphate buffer in hemodialysis patients and as a calcium supplement.

Also Known As:

Limestone; Chalk; Calcite; Aragonite; Vaterite; Marble; Milk of Calcium; Calcium Milk; Carbonate, Calcium; Carbonic acid calcium salt (1:1)

Pharmalogical Action Categories:

Antacids

Inorganic Chemicals: 9
- Minerals: 10780
  - Calcium Carbonate: 1460
- Calcium Compounds: 22
  - Calcium Carbonate: 1460
- Inorganic Carbon Compounds
  - Carbonic Acid: 110
    - Carbonates: 622
      - Calcium Carbonate: 1460

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