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Yes: calcium cations and phosphate anions.

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What is the formula of the ionic compound that forms between calcium ions and phosphate ions?

Calcium phosphate is Ca3(PO4)2.


What is the mineral found in the bone?

Calcium


What is the formula for the compound made from calcium and mono hydrogen phosphate ions?

Calcium hydrogen phosphate :) Ca2HPO4


What is the chemical formula for calcium phosphate?

The chemical formula for calcium phosphate is:Ca3(PO4)2Ca has a charge 2+ and PO4 has a charge 3-, so you need 3 Ca and 2 PO4 to even out the positive and negative charges.


What is bone synthesis?

Precipitation of the salt calcium phosphate among fibers of the protein type I collagen. This results from raising the concentrations of calcium ions and phosphate ions beyond their "solubility product" concentration. This occurs next to special cells called osteocytes, and not inside their cytoplasm. Nobody has discovered the mechanism by which osteocytes pump high concentrations of calcium ions and also high concentrations of phosphate ions into the same locations. One theory is that a special protein ("osteoid") binds to both calcium ions and phosphate ions, so that they precipitate at concentrations that would not be high enough to cause precipitation if no osteoid were present. If you know how osteocytes cause bone synthesis, then you should publish this information in a refereed journal, such as Nature. akharris@bio.unc.edu


What is the balanced equation for calcium phosphate reacts with sodium carbonate in a double replacement?

Ca3(PO4)2 + 3Na2(CO3) --> 3CaCO3 + 2Na3PO4 (Phosphate ions have a 3- charge and carbonate ions have a 2- charge)


How many calcium ions in an 8.0 mole sample of calcium phosphate?

The formula unit for the most common form of calcium phosphate is Ca3(PO4)2. Therefore each formula unit, the ionically bonded counterpart of a mole for covalently bonded compounds, contains three calcium ions. The number of calcium ions in 8.0 "moles" of calcium phosphate is 3 [exact] X 8.0 X Avogadro's Number or 1.45 X 1025 atoms, where the depressed last digit of 1.45 indicates that this digit may not be significant. (The significant-digits-limiting datum is 8.0 moles.)


What does calcium phosphate look like?

Calcium Phosphate itself is basically a general term for a group of different compounds. But many of its forms appear to be a translucent white salt.


What ions are in copper phosphate?

There are three copper II ions (Cu2+) and two phosphate ions (PO43-).


What compound do calcium and phosphate form and what is the chemical formula?

Strangely enough - it's called Calcium Phosphate.Calcium ions are +2 charge (Ca2+) because it is a group 2 metal, and readily loses 2 electrons.The phosphate ion has a 3+ charge (it's PO43+)And so the formula must be Ca3(PO4)2This is sometimes known as 'tricalcium phosphate', but that's really more detail than you need from a name!


What is the category of calcium phosphate?

Calcium phosphate is a salt, an inorganic compound.


Is calcium phosphate an element or compound or mixture?

Calcium phosphate is a compound.