what is formula of gypsum
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Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO. 4. 2H2O. It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer, and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard chalk and wallboard.
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Answer: Gypsum is the name of a mineral categorized as calcium sulfate mineral, and its chemical formula is calcium sulfate dihydrate, CaSO₄⋅ 2H₂O.
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- A soft sulphate mineral called gypsum has the chemical formula CaSO₄⋅ 2H₂O and is made up of calcium sulphate dihydrate.
- It is widely mined, used as fertiliser, and the primary component of numerous plaster, sidewalk or blackboard chalk, and drywall products.
- Gypsum is made up of the ions calcium and sulphate with water molecules bound to it. It also goes by the name calcium sulphate dihydrate. It is typically found in white.
- The word "gypsum" comes from the Greek word "gypsos," which originally meant plaster. Due to the moonlight appearance it produced on the altars when the sun shone through, the ancient Greeks placed a type of gypsum in the windows of their temples.
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