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IUPAC name
Calcium phosphate
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Other names
Tribasic calcium phosphate, tricalcium bis(phosphate)
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.028.946 |
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Properties | |
Ca3(PO4)2 | |
Molar mass | 310.18 g/mol |
Appearance | White amorphous powder |
Density | 3.14 g/cm3[1] |
Melting point | 1,670 °C (3,040 °F; 1,940 K)[1] |
1.2 mg/kg[1] | |
Solubility product (Ksp)
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2.07×10−33[2] |
Thermochemistry | |
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
−4126 kJ/mol (α-form)[3] |
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Flash point | Non-flammable |
Related compounds | |
Other anions
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Calcium pyrophosphate |
Other cations
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Trimagnesium phosphate Trisodium phosphate Tripotassium phosphate |
Related compounds
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Monocalcium phosphate Dicalcium phosphate |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Tricalcium phosphate (sometimes abbreviated TCP), more commonly known as Calcium phosphate, is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid with the chemical formula Ca3(PO4)2. It is also known as tribasic calcium phosphate and bone phosphate of lime (BPL). It is a white solid of low solubility. Most commercial samples of "tricalcium phosphate" are in fact hydroxyapatite.[4][5]
It exists as three crystalline polymorphs α, α′, and β. The α and α′ states are stable at high temperatures.