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Calcium Sulfate
Medical Definition: | 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. | |
Also Called: | Alabaster,Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Dihydrate,Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Hemihydrate,Calcium Sulfate (2:1),Calcium Sulfate, Anhydrous,Calcium Sulfate, Hemihydrate,Dental Gypsum,Drierite,Gypsite,Gypsum,Karstenite,Plaster of Paris | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 7778-18-9 |
Calcium Sulfate Medical Definitions and Terms
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