Question

Why plaster of Paris is not used as a lab reagent ??

Answer 1

Plaster of Paris is a white powder which is used mainly for making toys, statues, blackboard chalk and for beautification of ceilings of buildings and houses. It is also used for the setting of fractured bones in the right position. It has got its name from the fact that it was first of all prepared from gypsum which was mainly found in Paris. In short it is also called as P.O.P.