Calcium Pyrophosphate CAS#7790-76-3
Calcium Pyrophosphate (Ca₂P₂O₇, MW 254.14 g/mol) can be prepared by heating dibasic orthophosphate or by precipitating a soluble calcium salt with pyrophosphoric acid. The solid-state method forms an amorphous product at 240–500 °C, while different crystal phases appear at higher temperatures: β-phase above 750 °C and α-phase between 1140–1350 °C.
The aqueous method produces the dihydrate form, Ca₂P₂O₇·2H₂O, a white powder that is insoluble in water but soluble in dilute acids. When heated to 1353 °C, the anhydrous compound decomposes into metaphosphate and calcium oxide.
Calcium Pyrophosphate is dimorphic, and the high-temperature α-phase can revert to the β-phase at about 950 °C during reheating.



