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Calx is also the Latin base for [[lime]], [[calcium]] and to tread. |
Calx is also the Latin base for [[lime]], [[calcium]] and to tread. |
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2008, Oxford Pocket Dictionary, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.. |
2008, Oxford Pocket Dictionary, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK..by dominic kenny! |
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==In Popular Culture== |
==In Popular Culture== |
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Revision as of 15:24, 9 October 2008
Calx is a residual substance, sometimes in the form of a fine powder, that is left when a metal or mineral combusts or is calcinated due to heat.
Calx, especially of a metal, is now known as an oxide. According to the obsolete phlogiston theory, the calx was the true elemental substance, having lost its phlogiston in the process of combustion.
"Calx" is also sometimes used in older texts on artist's techniques to mean calcium oxide.
Etymology
Calx is the Latin for heel: the tarsus bone. Calx is also the Latin base for lime, calcium and to tread.
2008, Oxford Pocket Dictionary, Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK..by dominic kenny!
In Popular Culture
- UK Electronic music artist, Aphex Twin (Richard David James) named some of his tracks after different coloured Calx (green, yellow and blue).
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