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Calcium Sulfate
Dental Gypsum | Dental Stone, Artificial | Gypsum | Plaster of Paris | Alabaster | Anhydrous Sulfate of Lime | Artificial Dental Stone | Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Dihydrate | Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Hemihydrate | Calcium Sulfate (2:1) | Drierite
A calcium salt that is used for a variety of purposes including: building materials, as a desiccant, in dentistry as an impression material, cast, or die, and in medicine for immobilizing casts and as a tablet excipient. It exists in various forms and states of hydration. Plaster of Paris is a mixture of powdered and heat-treated gypsum. |
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