Calcium(¶t)
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Calcium
Calcium is a rather hard element that is purified by electrolysis from calcium
fluoride that burns with a yellow-red flame and forms a white nitride coating
when exposed to air. It reacts with water displacing hydrogen and forming
calcium hydroxide.
The advantage of calcium:
1.It is a very hard metal.
The disadvantage of calcium:
It is expensive to obtained by electrolysis.
The uses of Calcium:
It use to deoxidizer(¥h®ñ¾¯), desulfurizer, or decarburizer for various ferrous and
nonferrous alloys. Alloying agent used in the production of aluminum,
beryllium, copper, lead, and magnesium alloys.