KGSFort Hays ChalkUtilization
Oct 06, 2008· Bowles (1942, p. 3) states: "Whiting is finely ground, pulverized, powdered or chemically precipitated calcium carbonate of good white color." The United States Bureau of Mines defines precipitated whiting as being prepared by reaction of milk of lime with carbon dioxide, or by some similar chemical reaction (precipitated chalk).