Calcium Carbonate - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) is a substance widely used for various purposes, for example, as a filler and pigment material not only in paper, plastics, rubbers, paints, and inks but also in pharmaceutics, cosmetics, construction materials, and asphalts and as a nutritional supplement in animal foods (1).Besides the so-called ground calcium carbonate (GCC), which is milled from natural limestone ...