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Categories: Plastering, Hydrates, Impression material, Sculpture materials, All articles needing additional references
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plaster of Paris  plaster
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Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs WordNet 3.0
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Any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A hemihydrate of calcium sulfate, made by calcining gypsum, that hardens when moistened and allowed to dry; used to make casts, molds and sculpture. Wiktionary
Hemihydrate of calcium sulfate. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
calcium sulphate
mortar
intonaco
HAS KIND
gesso
DERIVATION
plaster
FACET OF
construction
SUBSTANCE MERONYM
gypsum
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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plaster of Paris, plaster
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plaster of Paris
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plaster of Paris

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