Calcium Sulfate
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.
Year introduced: 1980
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Tree Number(s): D01.146.375, D01.578.215, D01.875.800.800.850.125
MeSH Unique ID: D002133
Registry Number: WAT0DDB505
Entry Terms:
- Calcium Sulphate
- Drierite
- Gypsite
- Plaster of Paris
- Calcium Sulfate, Anhydrous
- Anhydrous Sulfate of Lime
- Calcium Sulfate, Hemihydrate
- Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Hemihydrate
- Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate
- Calcium Sulfate, Dihydrate
- Calcium Sulfate (2:1)
- Karstenite
- Dental Gypsum
- Artificial Dental Stone
- Stone, Artificial Dental
- Dental Stone, Artificial
- Gypsum, Dental
- Alabaster
- Gypsum
- Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Dihydrate
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