CALCIUM

CALCIUM

Physical Properties

• It is silvery-white metallic
• Soft
• You can shape and bend it

Important information

• Calcium is the 5th exciting element in the Earth's crust.
• Vitamin d is essential for calcium
• Pure calcium metal reacts energetically and sometimes violently with water acids.

How do people use it?
For cereal, salt, medicine, and food.

IT IS A MEDAL

IMPORTANT FACTS

• It is number 20 because each element has its own number
• It's symbol is CA
• The atomic mass is 40.08
• It's atomic number is 20

FUN FACTS

• It's in most vitamins
• When you drink orange juice, you are getting calcium
• You eat it almost every day.