Calcium acetate is the acetate salt of calcium, white to brown or gray crystals with a characteristic odor. The common name for calcium acetate is calcium acetate. Anhydrous calcium acetate has very good hygroscopicity, so common calcium acetate exists in the form of monohydrate (Ca(CH3COO)2.H2O. If alcohol is added to saturated Chemicalbook and calcium acetate solution, it will form a semi-solid , Combustible colloids, much like canned fuel products, such as Sterno. "California Snowball" is actually a mixture of calcium acetate and ethanol. The resulting colloid is white in color and piles up like snowballs.