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  1. Mar 14, 2024 · 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. Dec 15, 2007 · Why is the plaster of Paris called so? Plaster is the common name for calcium sulphate hemi hydrate made by heating the mineral gypsum, the common name for sulphate of lime.

  3. Feb 18, 2024 · Plaster of Paris has its origins in the Paris Basin, where large deposits of gypsum were found. The production of plaster of Paris involves a process called calcination, where the gypsum is heated to remove the water content and create calcium sulfate hemihydrate.

  4. Mar 24, 2023 · The chemical composition of plaster of Paris is calcium sulfate hemihydrate, which means that it contains about half as much water as gypsum. When mixed with water, the hemihydrate crystals dissolve and rehydrate to form the dihydrate crystals, which are then deposited as interlocking crystals.

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  6. 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.

  7. The plaster of Paris when soaked with water, it hardens, when it is allowed to dry. It hardens like a soft stone. The Plaster of Paris is used to build finishes of the desired shape, with the help of adding straw and fiber reinforcement to it. It is known as the Plaster of Paris, because of its abundantly (gypsum) quarrying near Paris.

  8. 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].

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