Chemicals and Drugs

Calcium Fluoride

Calcium fluoride. Occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite or fluorspar. It is the primary source of fluorine and its compounds. Pure calcium fluoride is used as a catalyst in dehydration and dehydrogenation and is used to fluoridate drinking water. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

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Calcium fluoride. Occurring in nature as the mineral fluorite or fluorspar. It is the primary source of fluorine and its compounds. Pure calcium fluoride is used as a catalyst in dehydration and dehydrogenation and is used to fluoridate drinking water. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

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  • Fluoride, Calcium

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Calcium Fluoride. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002124. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002124
  2. Calcium Fluoride. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_fluoride
  3. Calcium Fluoride. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413374