 Calcium Sulfate
"Calcium Sulfate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D002133
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.146.375 D01.578.215 D01.875.800.800.850.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Calcium Sulfate- Calcium Sulfate
- Sulfate, Calcium
- Calcium Sulphate
- Sulphate, Calcium
Dental Gypsum- Dental Gypsum
- Stone, Artificial Dental
- Gypsum, Dental
- Artificial Dental Stone
- Dental Stone, Artificial
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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