Gypsum and Gypsum Products: Their Science and Technology

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. About Gypsum -- 1.1 The History of Gypsum and Gypsum Plaster -- 1.1.1 Minoans to the Romans -- 1.1.2 Gypsum in the Middle Ages -- 1.1.3 The Gypsum Plaster in Baroque and Rococo Period -- 1.1.4 Gypsum in Modern Times -- 1.2 The CaSO4.H2O Crystal System -- 1.2.1 Phases -- 1.2.2 Laboratory Synthesis -- 1.2.3 Industrial Dehydration of Gypsum -- 1.2.4 Energy Aspects -- 1.2.5 Structure, Isomorphism, Mixed Compounds and Solubility Structure -- 1.3 Calcium Sulfate -- 1.4 Adducts -- 1.5 Solubility -- 1.6 Occurrence and Raw Materials -- 1.6.1 Gypsum and Anhydrite Availability -- 1.6.2 Gypsum in India -- 1.7 By-Product Gypsum -- 1.8 Flue-Gas Gypsum -- 1.8.1 Phosphogypsum -- 1.8.2 Fluorogypsum/Fluoroanhydrite -- 1.8.3 Other Variety of By-product Gypsum -- 1.9 Production -- 1.9.1 Natural Gypsum to Calcined Products -- References -- 2. Production of Calcined Gypsum or Gypsum Plaster -- 2.1 Historic Background of Use of Gypsum Plaster -- 2.1.1 Conservation and Rehabilitation of Structures with Plaster -- 2.2 β-Hemi hydrate Plasters -- 2.2.1 Rotary Kiln Process -- 2.2.2 Kettle Process -- 2.2.3 Continuous Type Gypsum Kettles (Horizontal/Conical Kettle Types) -- 2.3 Anhydrous and Multiphase Plasters -- 2.3.1 Alpha Hemihydrate -- 2.3.2 Process Control Parameters -- 2.4 Calcined Products from By-product Gypsum -- 2.4.1 β-Hemihydrate and Multiphase Plasters -- 2.4.2 Methods of α-Hemihydrate Plaster -- 2.5 Z-Gypsum Plaster -- 2.6 Anhydrite Plaster -- 2.7 Medical Plasters -- 2.7.1 Dental Plaster -- 2.7.2 Bandage Plaster -- 2.7.3 Surgical Plaster -- 2.8 Plaster of Paris for Ceramic Industries -- 2.9 Properties of Gypsum Plasters and Products and Anhydrite Plasters -- 2.9.1 Hydration, Setting and Hardening -- 2.9.2 The Assessment of Plaster -- References.