tricalcic also triˈcalcium, a. Chem.
(traɪˈkælsɪk)
[f. tri- 5 b + calcic, calcium.]
Applied to a salt containing three atoms of calcium; e.g. tricalcic or tricalcium phosphate, Ca3(PO4)2, a salt of calcium and orthophosphoric acid, H3PO4.
| 1871 Valentin Pract. Chem. 147 Hydric disodic phosphate gives a bulky white precipitate of tricalcic phosphate. 1876 Harley Royle's Mat. Med. 61 The ashes of bones..consist chiefly of tricalcic phosphate. 1911 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. C. ii. 396 Action of a solution of Sodium hydroxide on Tricalcium phosphate. |