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Since I'm wanting this for gunpowder, some residue it going to be unpreventable. I was hoping that there would be some easy way, someone knew of, to get pure calcium carbonate. Theophrastus, suggested eggshells which sounded great. Until, he got to the point where he talked about the leftover organic matter. Now, I suppose as long a the organic matter would burn, without creating too much smoke, then eggshells would work fine.

Well, I know what kind of stone to get it from, or how to test to see if it contains calcium carbonate. I'm wanting to know the process needed to seperate the calcium carbonate from everything else, in the easiest manner possible. Thanks

Does anyone know the best way to derive calcium carbonate out of rock? I found plans for a calcium carbonate reactor at: http://ozreef.org/diy_plans/alkalinity_calcium/calcium_carbonate_reactor.html This site says how we do it on an industrial scale. http://www.solvaypcc.com/safety_environment/0,0,1000044-_EN,00.html I haven't looked for anywhere I could buy it, so for all I know it may be easy to come by right now. But, I'm just wanting to know how I can get it out of rock for use in smokeless gunpowder. I want to know how to get it from scratch so that if society fails I can still make it. I know I can use charcoal, saltpeter, and sulfur to make gunpowder. But, with smokeless powder it wouldn't be as hard to clean the firearm. Thanks for any help. ________________________________________________________________ When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. -Thomas Jefferson