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calcium-phosphate salt crystals
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What mineral is found in bone?
This mineral is the hydroxyapatite, a phosphate salt.
What is the inorganic portion of bone tissue is made of what complex mineral salt?
Hydroxypaptite
What is the most abundant chemical substance found in bone?
Calcium hydroxyapatite is the substance most commonly found in bones. Almost 50 % bone is made of this salt and rest is organic material, mostly collagen fibers. Bones are porous so light weight and Calcium salt gives it hardness and organic fibers gives it flexibility like cement and steel rods in cement concrete.
What is Inorganic Component in the Bones of Living Organisms?
25% Cater (Inorganic) 50% Crystallized mineral salts (Inorganic) Minerals such as Calcium Hydroxide and Calcium Phosphate (which is the most abundant mineral salt in bone's extracellular matrix). 25% Collagen fibers (Organic) So, Bone Tissue is 75% Inorganic matter, and 25% Organic
Bones store salt of mineral?
Bones contain hydroxyapathite.
What mineral is found in bone?
This mineral is the hydroxyapatite, a phosphate salt.
Name a four letter soft mineral?
Talc is the softest mineral and has a hardness of one on the Mohs Hardness Scale. Talc contains silicate and magnesium along with silica and oxygen.
Is saltpetre a non-metilic element?
No, Salt is a dietary mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride.
Where does salt fall in the MOHs hardness scale?
where is rock salt on the moths hardness scale
What is halite's hardness on mohs scale?
Halite, also known as rock salt, has a hardness of 2-2.5 on the Mohs scale. It is a relatively soft mineral that can be easily scratched with a fingernail or a pocket knife.
What disorder primarily affects the bone matrix and is due to the loss of a calcium salt?
what disorder primary affects the bone matrix and is due to the loo of calcium salt
Is salt a vitamin or mineral?
Salt is a mineral....i think
Does indhuppu have medicinal value?
Yes... Its a highly qualified salt which was prepared very cleanly compare other salt. It contains mineral and zinc which is can improve our bone strongness.
What two minerals compromise table salt?
Table salt is composed primarily of the mineral halite, along with a small amount of silica (in this case, powdered quartz) to prevent clumping.
What mineral does table salt come from?
Table salt is the mineral halite.
Where was salt founded?
Salt used in cooking is derived from seawater (sea salt) or from layers of salt in mineral deposits (rock salt or mineral salt).
Location of mineral salts in bone?
The bone matrix is hard due to the primary salt of calcium chloride.
