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2. Liquid chalk - Wikipedia

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   The term liquid chalk, or sharkchalk, refers to several different kinds of liquified chalk including liquid-chalk marking pens (with water-soluble ink), liquid-chalk mixtures (for athletic use: rock climbing, weightlifting, gymnastics), and liquid-chalk hobby-craft paints made of cornstarch and food coloring (some with small amounts of flour).

3. Magnesium carbonate - Wikipedia

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   Climber Jan Hojer blows surplus chalk from his hand. Boulder World Cup 2015. Powdered magnesium carbonate, known as climbing chalk or gym chalk is also used as a drying agent on athletes' hands in rock climbing, gymnastics, powerlifting, weightlifting and other sports in which a firm grip is necessary. [9] A variant is liquid chalk.

4. Chalk - Wikipedia

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   Chalk and other forms of limestone may be used for their properties as a base. [23] Chalk is a source of quicklime by thermal decomposition, or slaked lime following quenching of quicklime with water. [24] In agriculture, chalk is used for raising pH in soils with high acidity. [25] Small doses of chalk can also be used as an antacid. [26]

5. Chalk (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   The Chalk country, a region of Discworld; Blackboard chalk and sidewalk chalk, a material used for writing and art, usually composed of calcium sulfate or calcium carbonate. Chalk (drying agent), magnesium carbonate, used for hands in rock climbing, gymnastics, and weight lifting; Chalk, Kent, a village in England

6. Metrecal - Wikipedia

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   Metrecal was a brand of low-calorie, powdered diet foods (to be mixed with water as a beverage) "containing the essential nutrients of protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins and minerals" introduced in the early 1960s by the Mead Johnson company, with the first variety going on the market on October 6, 1959, the same day as another Mead Johnson product, Enfamil. [1]

7. Calcium carbonate - Wikipedia

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   Calcium carbonate is widely used as an extender in paints, [46] in particular matte emulsion paint where typically 30% by weight of the paint is either chalk or marble. It is also a popular filler in plastics. [46]