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I asked Richard Burkett to explain to me a technical explanation for why/how whiting functions when added to the salt/soda mixture. This was his response: Whiting when heated high enough (I can get the exact temp) turns into calcium oxide (losing CO2) which is really quite refractory (again I can get the melting point later) IF there's no handy silica or other material around with which it wil...