Additional threats to employees are posed by. the ease with which many corrosive chemicals ignite, explode or react with incompatible substances. In North Carolina, the N.C. Department of Labor enforces the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act through a. state plan approved by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Calcium sulfate (or calcium sulphate) is a common laboratory and industrial chemical. In the form of Î³- anhydrite (the nearly anhydrous form), it is used as a desiccant. It is also used as a coagulant in products like tofu. In the natural state, unrefined calcium sulfate is a translucent, crystalline white rock.
calcium propionate a salt used as an antifungal preservative in foods and as a topical antifungal agent. calcium pyrophosphate the pyrophosphate salt of calcium, used as a polishing agent in dentifrices. Crystals of the dihydrate form occur in the joints in calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease. calcium sulfate the sulfate salt of calcium, CaSO4, occurring in the anhydrous form and in a hydrated form (gypsum, q.v.), which upon being calcined forms plaster of Paris.