Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Tricalcium phosphate (sometimes abbreviated TCP) is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid with the chemical formula Ca3(PO4)2. It is also known as tribasic calcium phosphate and bone phosphate of lime (BPL). Calcium phosphate is one of the main combustion products of bone (see bone ash). Calcium phosphate is also commonly derived from inorganic sources such as mineral rock.It has an alpha and a beta crystal form the alpha state being formed at high temperatures. As rock it is found in Whitlockite.
