These precipitate calcium to make tiny shells called liths.
Reef building corals
precipitate calcium carbonate as an exo - skeleton and provide substratum for prosperous marine life.
Thus, even though mussels may not be
precipitating calcium carbonate in equilibrium with seawater [6], we can not yet identify a metabolic process that is causing a δ13C decline through time in modern shells.
Not exact matches
This will encourage dissolved
calcium carbonate to
precipitate all over the frame, building up a thick, chalky layer as strong as reinforced concrete.
Once a critical point is reached, nucleation occurs and the amount of free
calcium ions drops to a value that corresponds to the particular solubility concentration of the
precipitated phase according to a typical LaMer diagram (25).
To maintain the solubility constant, which, however, slightly differs for the phases
precipitated in different pH ranges, the solubility concentration of
calcium ions is specifically lower at higher concentrations of carbonate (higher pH).
Ocean acidification in particular, caused as the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is a grave concern for stony corals, because it makes it harder for the animals to passively
precipitate skeletons made of
calcium carbonate, the same molecule found in antacids for heartburn and indigestion.
After separation of the solid fraction, the released phosphate dissolved in the liquid fraction can be
precipitated as magnesium ammonium phosphate and
calcium phosphate, which in turn are directly usable as high value fertilising salts.
The ammonia reacts with water to form ammonium hydroxide, which makes any nearby
calcium precipitate out as
calcium carbonate crystals, or limestone.
That activity in turn causes
calcium carbonate to
precipitate, an event known as a whiting.
The gastropod shell has several layers, and is typically made of
calcium carbonate
precipitated out into an organic matrix.
The team studied the
precipitate, solid
calcium carbonate, CaCO3.
If there is an adequate amount of
calcium in the diet — if supplementing with
calcium citrate, for example — it will combine with the oxalate in the GI tract,
precipitate out in the stool, and then be eliminated in the stool.
This is because metal ions like
calcium form insoluble
precipitates with oxalate (
calcium oxalate).
At a later date, possibly in the 2nd century BC, Chinese scientists discovered that a puree of cooked soybeans could be
precipitated with
calcium sulfate or magnesium sulfate (plaster of Paris or Epsom salts) to make a smooth, pale curd - tofu or bean curd.
This will cause any excess blood
calcium, assuming there is an insufficient amount of EFA's to drive it into the bone, to
precipitate into the tissues, bursae in this case.
Struvite,
calcium carbonate, and
calcium phosphate
precipitate in alkaline urine.
It is important to know that while low blood
calcium precipitates the condition, excessive dietary supplementation of
calcium during pregnancy predisposes the dam to it.
Hypocalcemia may also occur during parturition and may
precipitate dystocia It is rare in cats and most common in dogs weighing < 20 kg, exacerbated by improper perinatal nutrition (excessive
calcium / phosphorus supplementation or an imbalanced prenatal diet).
Struvite and
calcium oxalate crystals and stones are by far the most common
precipitates seen in cat urine today.
Without this particular bacterium in the GI tract, it is possible that blood
calcium levels may rise and
calcium oxalate may
precipitate out in the urine, resulting in sludging from
calcium oxalate crystals and eventually resulting in
calcium oxalate stones.
The white
precipitate is excess
calcium excreted through the urine.
Diagnosed via radiography, a bladder stone is a mass of
calcium and / or oxalate salts that has
precipitated into a solid mass.
Bladder stone (urolith): Diagnosed via radiography, a bladder stone is a mass of
calcium and / or oxalate salts that has
precipitated into a solid mass.
However, when excessive amounts of
calcium / oxalate salts
precipitate in the urinary tract, they sometimes manifest as a thick, curry - colored «sludge» that sometimes has a consistency as thick as toothpaste.
One has to wonder, though, why all the
calcium ions and bicarbonate ions don't form
calcium carbonate and
precipitate out.
Weathering of surface rock releases
calcium and magnesium ions, which
precipitate as
calcium and magnesium carbonate.
Other scientists dispute the necessity of life to the carbon cycle, for even without plankton
calcium carbonate at sufficiently high concentration would
precipitate out of ocean water.)
Sulphate composition of seawater is constant so that has no effect (it's
precipitated out as
Calcium Sulphate) and change in CO2 is predominantly from the atmosphere not volcanoes.
Not from subterranean volcanoes, the SO2 ends up as SO4 ^ 2 - ions which
precipitate out as
calcium sulphate.