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Calcium Sulfate MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Calcium Sulfate
Tree Number(s)
D01.146.375
D01.578.215
D01.875.800.800.850.125
Unique ID
D002133
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002133
Scope Note
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.
Entry Term(s)
Alabaster
Anhydrous Sulfate of Lime
Artificial Dental Stone
Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Dihydrate
Calcium Sulfate (1:1), Hemihydrate
Calcium Sulfate (2:1)
Calcium Sulfate Dihydrate
Calcium Sulfate, Anhydrous
Calcium Sulfate, Dihydrate
Calcium Sulfate, Hemihydrate
Calcium Sulphate
Dental Gypsum
Dental Stone, Artificial
Drierite
Gypsite
Gypsum
Gypsum, Dental
Karstenite
Plaster of Paris
Stone, Artificial Dental
Pharm Action
Dental Materials
Registry Numbers
WAT0DDB505
0
3RW091J48V
10034-76-1
4846Q921YM
23276-62-2
Related Numbers
10034-76-1
23276-62-2
3RW091J48V
4846Q921YM
7778-18-9
CAS Type 1 Name
Sulfuric acid, calcium salt (1:1)
Public MeSH Note
80; PLASTER OF PARIS was heading 1963-79
Online Note
use CALCIUM SULFATE to search PLASTER OF PARIS 1966-79
History Note
80; PLASTER OF PARIS was heading 1963-79
Date Established
1980/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2018/07/02
Calcium Sulfate Preferred
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