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Lecture 2 - Gypsum Products
Lecture 2 - Gypsum Products
Gypsum
Rock
Open Calcination
Closed Calcination
Open Calcination
Heating
Closed Calcination
Heating
for ceramics
Used for medical purposes=cast for broken
bones
Used to stabilize articulation between upper
and lower cast
Chemical Equation
CaSO42H2O
+ heat
CaSO4H2O+1H2O
(CaSO4)2H2O
Calcim Sulfate Hemihydrate
Time (MT)
Working Time (WT)
Setting Time (ST)
Mixing Time
Defined
Working Time
Is
Setting Time
The
Setting Time
F.S.T.
Manipulation
Know
of nuclei crystallization
Solubility
Rate
of the hemihydrate
of crystal growth
W:P Ratio
WP Ratio
C.S. (psi)
I. Plaster
Impression
.50 -.75
290 - 870
II. Plaster of
Paris
.45 - .50
1300
.28 - .30
3000
.22 - .24
5000
V. Dental Stone
high strength,
high expansion
.18 - .22
7000