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      • plaster of paris, quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine white powder (calcium sulfate hemihydrate), which hardens when moistened and allowed to dry. Known since ancient times, plaster of paris is so called because of its preparation from the abundant gypsum found near Paris.
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  2. Q. Plaster of Paris is known as calcium sulphate hemihydrate because two formula units of C a S O 4 share one molecule of H 2 O.

  3. plaster of paris, quick-setting gypsum plaster consisting of a fine white powder (calcium sulfate hemihydrate), which hardens when moistened and allowed to dry. Known since ancient times, plaster of paris is so called because of its preparation from the abundant gypsum found near Paris.

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  4. Scientifically known as Calcium Sulfate Hemihydrate, Plaster of Paris is chemically represented as CaSO 4 .1/2H 2 O. This represents the ratio of calcium sulfate to water, suggesting that for each molecule of calcium sulfate, there is half a molecule of water.

  5. Calcium sulfate and Plaster of Paris are both forms of calcium sulfate hemihydrate, but they differ in their physical properties and uses. Calcium sulfate is a naturally occurring mineral that is commonly found in the form of gypsum.

  6. The plaster of Paris is prepared from gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate (CSD): CaSO 4 ⋅ 2H 2 O) which is mined from the earth or synthesized. When heated at about 160 °C, gypsum is converted in its hemihydrate form (CSH) which is used in plaster of Paris.

  7. Oct 16, 2013 · Plaster of Paris is calcined gypsum (roasted gypsum), ground to a fine powder by milling. When water is added, the more soluble form of calcium sulphate returns to the relatively insoluble form, and heat is produced [2 (CaSO 4 .½ H 2 O) + 3H 2 O → 2 (CaSO 4 .2H 2 O) + Heat].

  8. The chemical name of Plaster of Paris is calcium Sulphate hemihydrate CaSO 4. 1 2 H 2 O. It is prepared when gypsum or calcium sulphate dihydrate (CaSO 4 ) is heated to a temperature of 100°C, it loses three-fourths of its water of crystallization and produces a Plaster of Paris.

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