Calcium carbonate Essential Chemical Industry
15% for chemical and industrial uses (for example to make bleaches used in the manufacture of paper, to make precipitated calcium carbonate, a fine powder used in coatings for paper and paints, and in refining sugar to remove colloidal impurities) and for environmental uses (for example, with soda ash by both municipal authorities and industry, to soften water (remove calcium and magnesium ions), in the .