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.

Also Known As:

Alabaster; Gypsum; Plaster of Paris; Calcium Sulfate, Dihydrate; Calcium Sulphate; Drierite; Gypsite; Anhydrous Sulfate of Lime; Artificial Dental Stone; Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Dihydrate; Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Hemihydrate; Calcium Sulfate (2:1); Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate; Calcium Sulfate, Anhydrous; Calcium Sulfate, Hemihydrate; Gypsum, Dental; Karstenite; Stone, Artificial Dental; Dental Gypsum; Dental Stone, Artificial; Sulfuric acid, calcium salt (1:1)

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Dental Materials

Inorganic Chemicals: 9
- Minerals: 10780
  - Calcium Sulfate: 633
- Sulfur Compounds: 278
  - Sulfur Acids
    - Sulfuric Acids: 4
      - Sulfates: 2753
        Calcium Sulfate: 633
- Calcium Compounds: 22
  - Calcium Sulfate: 633

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