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Inorganic Chemicals > Calcium Compounds > Calcium Sulfate
Inorganic Chemicals > Minerals > Calcium Sulfate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Sulfates > Calcium Sulfate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfur Acids > Sulfuric Acids > Sulfates > Calcium Sulfate
... > Organic Chemicals > Sulfur Compounds > Sulfur Acids > Sulfuric Acids > Sulfates > Calcium Sulfate
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Sulfur Acids > Sulfuric Acids > Sulfates > Calcium Sulfate

Preferred term

Calcium Sulfate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Calcium Sulphate

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 80; PLASTER OF PARIS was heading 1963-79

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