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Uses and Properties of Plaster of Paris by prakash is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Dutch military surgeon Anthonius Mathijsen discovered in 1852 that bandages soaked in water and plaster of Paris would harden within minutes, providing effective casts for broken limbs. Plaster of Paris is created by heating gypsum at 373 K, which removes water molecules to form calcium sulfate hemihydrate. If overheated, the gypsum loses all water and becomes anhydrous calcium sulfate, which does not set when water is added. Plaster of Paris sets into a hard mass when water is mixed in due to hydration
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