CaCl₂ titrant is added in predetermined time intervals and recorded in a notebook. The titrant raises the supersaturation of aragonite in solution. The level of supersaturation required to induce a whiting event is related to the presence or absence of particles that act as nucleation sites.

Saturation state () was calculated for experiments based on the composition of the Pyramid Lake water plus the amount of CaCl₂ titrant required to induce nucleation.

The data set at the left shows: A. Amount and rate of titrant addition to induce nucleation; and B. The pH response to titrant addition before whiting and to aragonite growth after whiting.