Dicalcium Phosphate

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Dicalcium Phosphate

Dicalcium Phosphate, CAS# 7757-93-9, is a kind of feed for the requirements of birds and bests to calcium and phosphate. It's widely used as supplement of mineral nutrition in animal feed fodder. The element of calcium and phosphate is called life chemical element for animal. It is important to the animal's movement, digestion, circulation, the nervous system, metabolism.

E No:E341

CAS No:7757-93-9

Einecs No:7789-77-7

HS Code:28352500

Routine Packing:25 kg/bag

Place of origin:China

Applications:Dibasic calcium phosphate is mainly used as a dietary supplement in prepared breakfast cereals, dog treats, enriched flour, and noodle products. It is also used as a tableting agent in some pharmaceutical preparations, including some products meant to eliminate body odor. Dibasic calcium phosphate is also found in some dietary calcium supplements. It is used in poultry feed. It is also used in some toothpastes as a tartar control agent.


About Dicalcium Phosphate

Dicalcium phosphate is a misnomer for dibasic calcium phosphate. Its chemical formula is CaHPO4. Hence the name "dicalcium" is incorrect. The correct names of this material are dibasic calcium phosphate or calcium hydrogen phosphate. Below pH 4.8 the dihydrate and anhydrous forms of dibasic calcium phosphate are the most stable (insoluble) of the calcium phosphates. Dibasic calcium phosphate is used as a food additive, it is found in some toothpastes as a polishing agent and is a biomaterial.