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Chalk is used to reduce friction when the gymnast is on the bar or to dry up sweaty hands before beam or vault.

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What Chalk used for?

Chalk has many purposes. It can be used as a drying agent for gymnasts, rock climbers, and weightlifters. It is used in billiards (pool) on the tips of the pool cues. It can be made into sticks for writing on chalkboards. thats a really good answer dude -james27yocool


Why chalk is used for writing or drying agent or rock climbers?

Because it is hygroscopic and leave traces on a tougher rock.


What is is chalk used for?

Chalk has many purposes. It can be used as a drying agent for gymnasts, rock climbers, and weightlifters. It is used in billiards (pool) on the tips of the pool cues. It can be made into sticks for writing on chalkboards. thats a really good answer dude -james27yocool


Can sodium chloride be used as drying agent?

yes, it is a drying agent


Is rock salt a drying agent?

Sodium chloride is not used in laboratory as a drying agent.


Why is chalk used?

Chalk is used by mainly on bars so gymnasts won't be slipping off the bars. You can also use it on beam so your feet won't be so slippery and it will decrease the chances of falling


What is the composition of the powder used by gymnasts?

it is basically powdered chalk... it gives them a better grip in the more intense parts of a comptition


What is the difference between drying agent and dehydrating agent?

A drying agent is a substance used to remove water or moisture from a material, while a dehydrating agent is a substance used to remove water molecules from a compound by chemical means. In general, drying agents are used for physical removal of water, while dehydrating agents are used for chemical reactions that result in water removal.


The abrasiveness of polishing agent used in the mouth should not exceed?

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Is gypsum used in chalk?

Yes, gypsum is used in chalk production as a main ingredient. When heated, gypsum undergoes a chemical process to become calcium sulfate hemihydrate, which is then used as the binding agent in chalk.


Is baking soda a drying agent?

Generally, no. Baking soda is used a raising agent. It wouldn't work well as a drying agent because it makes things basic, which can give foods a soapy taste.


What pig by product is in chalk?

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