What are the ingredients in billiard chalk?

Question

What are the ingredients in billiard chalk?

Answer 1

its calicum mixed with chalk  and sets hard

Answer 2

normal chalk

Answer 3

It's the same chalk as you write on blackboards with, but generally colored a dark blue.

It's purpose is to add additional "grip" to the striking tip of the cue.

(Check the first video in the link below to see difference in a "chalked" vs. "nonchalked" cue)

Answer 4

heck i dont know!

Answer 5

Chalk

Chalk is applied to the tip of the cue stick, ideally between every shot, to increase the tip's friction coefficient so that when it impacts the cue ball on a non-center hit, no miscue (unintentional slippage between the cue tip and the struck ball) occurs. The quality of chalk varies greatly from brand to brand, which can significantly affect play. High humidity can also impair the effectiveness of chalk. Cuetip chalk is often not actually the substance typically referred to as "chalk", but some proprietary compound, frequently with a silicate base. "Chalk" may also refer to hand chalk, used to lubricate the cue and bridge hand during shooting (many players prefer talcum powder or a slick pool glove because of the long-term abrasive effect of actual carbonate chalk on the shaft of the cue).