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Gypsum is a very soft mineral made of calcium sulfate dihydrate, chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O.
Chalk is soft, white, porous limestone composed calcium carbonate, chemical formula CaCO3.
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What is the difference between halite and gypsum?
Halite is common salt, sodium chloride (NaCl). Gypsum is calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O).
What is the difference between chalk and coal?
Chalk is a rock composed of animal fossils and coal is a rock composed of plant fossils.
What physical properties could you use to tell the difference between chalk and snow?
Snow is cold Chalk tastes bad.
Is gypsum a compound or mixture?
Gypsum is a compound. It is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate (CaSO4·2H2O.CaSO4·2H2O). The word gypsum comes from the Greek word meaning chalk or plaster, two of its most common uses.
What is the difference between chalk and limestone considering they are both made up of calcium carbonate but form different geological features?
Chalk is a type of limestone, there are several types of limestone, chalk, crystalline, fossiliferous, oolitic, travertine and a few others.
What is an example of a gypsum?
Rock gypsum is a sedimentary rock. These rocks can be transparent or opaque. Examples could be chalk and chalk boards.
What is gypsum an example of?
Rock gypsum is a sedimentary rock. These rocks can be transparent or opaque. Examples could be chalk and chalk boards.
What is an example gypsum?
Rock gypsum is a sedimentary rock. These rocks can be transparent or opaque. Examples could be chalk and chalk boards.
What is the composition of chalk?
gypsum CaSO4
Is gypsum board a metal?
No, gypsum board is made from gypsum plaster and paper. Gypsum is a material very similar to school board chalk.
Is the chalk you find in nature the same as the chalk that you use on the board?
Nature's chalk is limestone--hard. Blackboard chalk is soft--gypsum.
What is the difference between calcined gypsum and pop?
gypsum is used in wall board Pop is not a building material
What is the difference between chalk and sidewalk chalk?
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What is Crayola's source for the calcium carbonate for their chalk?
It's most likely that the calcium carbonate in chalk is actually gypsum.
What are the raw materials in crayons?
Chalk, the stuff associated with blackboards, is made of gypsum. Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral and is calcium sulfate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalk
What is the difference between halite and gypsum?
Halite is common salt, sodium chloride (NaCl). Gypsum is calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O).
What can use for a making a chalk?
If you mean blackboard chalk, it is generally made of the mineral gypsum, which is calcium sulfate.
