Calcium sulphate

Calcium sulphate

1. CaSO₄ A white crystalline salt, insoluble in water; used in Keene’s cement, in pigments, as a paper filler, and as a drying agent. 2. Either of two hydrated forms of the salt: the dihydrate, CaSO₄_2H₂O, and the hemihydrate, CaSO₄_1/2H₂O.

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