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The result was redirect to Calcium sulfate#Other uses. -- Ed (Edgar181) 14:21, 7 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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This has been around for many years but there are still no independent sources. It is a drying agent containing Gypsum. Nothing notable there and nothing notable in this article. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   15:56, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. shoy (reactions) 17:32, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect. Delete No independent sources that show any notability. I generally consider redirects with brand names like this, but I don't really see a obviously fitting article to redirect to either. DMacks pointed out below that it is mentioned (unsourced) at Calcium sulfate#Other uses, so that's probably the best place for now. It technically should redirect to [Anhydrite] based on the definition, but I'm fine if it redirects to at least one of the two articles. Kingofaces43 (talk) 20:34, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Calcium sulfate#Other uses. It's a fairly common name in chemistry (and some related fields) for this use-case of this chemical even if the brand-name itself isn't notable. DMacks (talk) 23:02, 29 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep the problem with brand names is finding articles on the history to distinguish them from the tens of thousands of mentions in Google Scholar and Google Books. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 00:05, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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