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minus-squareArcka@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoRegular chalk is calcium carbonate. Crayola’s website says their sidewalk chalk uses calcium sulfate (gypsum as an ingredient in plaster of paris). So they’re both calcium salts.
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Regular chalk is calcium carbonate. Crayola’s website says their sidewalk chalk uses calcium sulfate (gypsum as an ingredient in plaster of paris).
So they’re both calcium salts.