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Calcium Carbonate Powder FCC Food-Grade Bulk

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Calcium carbonate is one of the most versatile substances, which is used in medicine, agriculture, industries, architecture and other environmental issues.

Calcium carbonate as a dietary supplement is used when the amount of calcium taken in the diet is not enough. Calcium is needed by the body for healthy bones, muscles, nervous system, and heart. Calcium carbonate also is used as an antacid to relieve heartburn, acid indigestion, and upset stomach.

It may be used as a phosphate binder for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia (primarily in patients with chronic renal failure). It is also used in the pharmaceutical industry as an inert filler for tablets and other pharmaceuticals.

Calcium carbonate is known among IBS sufferers to help reduce diarrhea.

Calcium carbonate is used in the production of toothpaste and has seen a resurgence as a food preservative and color retainer, when used in or with products such as organic apples or food.

Excessive calcium intake can lead to hypercalcemia, complications of which include vomiting, abdominal pain and altered mental status.

An important use of calcium carbonate is in the building industry. Due to its wide abundance and properties, it has been used as a building substance since ancient times.
Calcium carbonate is also used in other industries like paint, plastic, rubber, ceramic, cement, glass, steel, oil refining, iron ore purification and biorock creation for mariculture of sea organisms. It is used as a blackboard chalk and as pH correcting compound in swimming pools.  Calcium carbonate is the most preferred mineral in the paper industry, used for filling and coating paper. It helps in production of the best quality printing papers.

Since calcium is essential for healthy bones and teeth, calcium carbonate is used as dietary calcium supplement. Calcium carbonate supplement is effective to treat certain ailments related to calcium deficiency, for example, osteoporosis and acidity problems. Calcium supplements, made from calcium carbonate, are prescribed in various doses as per the requirement of the patients. Calcium carbonate is used in homeopathic remedies.

Calcium carbonate is a primary component of garden lime, also known as agricultural lime, which is used for neutralizing soil. Acidic soils can be treated with garden lime to enhance the soil quality. Garden lime when added in soil acts as a calcium source for plants as well as increases the pH and water retaining capacity of acidic soils.

It is used in the treatment of drinking water, desulphurisation of flue gas and waste water treatments. Water bodies affected by acid rain can be neutralized by using calcium carbonate.
Composition: >98% pure calcium carbonate, crystalline silica <4%.
Particle size: 2 microns

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