calcium carbonate

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO₃, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide.

Equivalents

Españolcarbonato de calcio

Françaiscarbonate de calcium

DeutschCalciumcarbonat Kalk Kalkstein

14 more languages

Bosanskikalk

Češtinauhličitan vápenatý

Suomikalsiumkarbonaatti

Hrvatskikalk

Bahasa Indonesiakalsium karbonat

Kurdîkalk

Nederlandscalciumcarbonaat

Polskiwęglan wapnia

Portuguêscarbonato de cálcio

Românăcarbonat de calciu

Русскийкарбона́т ка́льция

Slovenščinakalcijev karbonat

Српскиkalk

Türkçekalsiyum karbonat

Examples

“When calcium oxide is combined with CO2, it naturally forms calcium carbonate over time due to thermodynamic equilibrium, explains the researcher.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

calcium channel blocker calcium chloride calcium chromate calcium copper tetrasilicate calcium cyanamide calcium diglutamate

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