Project Report on GYPSUM BOARD AND GYPSUM POWDER ...
When gypsum is heated, it loses about three quarters of its water and becomes hemihydrate gypsum (CaSO4•½H2O), which is soft and can be easily ground to a powder called hemihydrate gypsum plaster or Plaster of Paris. If this powder is then mixed with water to form a paste or slurry, then it …