Here, carbon dioxide in the air facilitates the necessary reactions to secondarily deposit calcium carbonate. These calcium carbonate deposits are usually white, but can be colored red ...

It is an essential component of construction materials such as cement and plaster, but is also a regular annoyance in daily life – when it forms deposits in coffee machines, tea kettles or shower ...

An interdisciplinary collaboration 10 years in the making used a materials science approach to “fingerprint” the calcium mineral deposits known as microcalcifications ... type and local malignancy; ...

Researchers have now unraveled the history of the mill complex using calcium carbonate deposits that are now stored in the Archaeological Museum of Arles. These deposits had formed towards the end ...