Plaster of Paris
Hemihydrate Calcium Sulfate
Common Uses of Plaster of Paris
- In surgery for setting broken or fractured bones
- For making casts for statues, in dentistry, for surgical instruments, and toys etc
- In making black board chalks, and statues
- In construction industry
Physical and Chemical Properties of Plaster of Paris
- white powder
- when mixed with water and heat it makes a harden porous mass
- odorless
Facts about Plaster of Paris
- Plaster of Paris is made by a process which involves exposing the gypsum to very high temperatures to create calcium sulfate
- used as a coagulant in products like tofu
- studies show in 2011 that Mars contains calcium sulfate in a vein on the surface