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What is Plaster of Paris's alternate name?

Calcium sulfate 
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What powder gels and swells in water?

Gelatin 

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What is a crime buster powder found on the beach?

Sand
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What does solubility mean? 

Dissolves especially in water

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What is a store-bought drug that is an alternate name for calcium carbonate 

TUMS

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What two powders turn black in iodine?

Cornstarch, flour

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What is one of the powders used in deodorant?

Cornstarch / baking soda 

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How is sand created? 

Weathering of rocks, glass, silica 

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Alternate names for baking soda 

Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium hydrogen carbonate. 

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What powder turns clear in iodine? 

Vitamin C

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What powder is used for fermentation? 

Yeast 
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What is a neutral pH?

7

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Vitamin C alternate names 

Ascorbic acid 

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What is one of the powders that has the highest pH?

Baking soda, Sodium Acetate. 

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What powder is used for pickling foods? 

Sodium acetate

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What powder is extracted from the endosperm of corn?

Cornstarch 
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Alternate name for Alka seltzer 

Calcium Sodium 

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Which 3 powders are crystalline? 

Sugar, Salt, Sodium acetate 
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What powder is used for cosmetics?

Gelatin

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What powder is used for hair dye?

Sodium Acetate