At a Glance
Material Family
Acids & Salts
Record Type
Salt
Primary Role
pH Adjustment · Chelation / Sequestration
Functional Roles
Industries Served
Applications & Use Cases
- ▸ Used as a calcium source and firming/buffering agent in food and beverage processing, where it stabilizes texture in canned vegetables, fresh-cut produce and dairy-alternative systems.
- ▸ Serves as a calcium feedstock and additive in biodegradable and PLA-based polymer formulations, supporting plastics-and-polymers applications that need a soluble, food-contact-tolerant calcium salt.
- ▸ Applied in coatings and construction as a calcium source for cementitious systems and as an additive studied for accelerating set and supporting self-healing concrete chemistry.
- ▸ Functions as a soluble calcium nutrient in agriculture for foliar sprays and fertigation, correcting calcium deficiency in crops.
- ▸ Used as a pH buffer, antimicrobial adjunct and sequestrant in industrial and personal-care formulations that require a chelating calcium salt of lactic acid.
Physical Properties
Appearance
White crystalline powder or granules
Odor
Almost odorless
Melting Point
> 120 C
Solubility in Water
Soluble
Solubility in Ethanol
Practically insoluble
Molecular Weight
218.22 g/mol
Safety & Handling
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Chemical Identity
CAS Number
814-80-2
Molecular Formula
C6H10CaO6
Molecular Weight
218.22 g/mol
IUPAC Name
calcium bis(2-hydroxypropanoate)
PubChem CID
InChI Key
MKJXYGKVIBWPFZ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Synonyms & Trade Names
Full Description
Regulatory & registration requirements
- TSCA (US):
- REACH (EU):
- EC number: 212-406-7
Source: EPA TSCA Inventory (July 2025 release) · ECHA CHEM — retrieved 2026-07-12
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