calcium phosphate (redirected from Ca 3 [PO 4 ] 2)

calcium phosphate [′kal·se·əm ′fäs‚fāt]

(inorganic chemistry)

Any phosphate of calcium.

Any of the following three calcium orthophosphates, all of which are white or colorless in pure form: Ca(H₂PO₄)₂is used as a fertilizer, as a plastics stabilizer, and in baking powder, and is also known as acid calcium phosphate, calcium dihydrogen phosphate, monobasic calcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate; CaHPO₄is used in pharmaceuticals, animal feeds, and toothpastes, and is also known as calcium hydrogen phosphate, dibasic calcium phosphate, dicalcium orthophosphate, dicalcium phosphate; Ca₃(PO₄)₂is used as a fertilizer, and is also known as tribasic calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate.