calcium sulfate hemihydrate

Gypsum which has been calcined to the point at which 75% of the water of crystallization has been removed.

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Preparation of Hierarchical CaS[O.sub.4] Whisker and Its Reinforcing Effect on PVC Composites

Ceramics such as calcium sulfate hemihydrate (plaster of Paris), silicate-based glasses, and calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum), and calcium phosphates are used for producing implant devices and bone graft.

Global Medical Ceramics Market to Grow at a CAGR of 7%+ from 2016-2020, Technavio Predicts

There are a variety of synthetic materials used in bone substitute graft, including metal, tantalum, titanium, iron, magnesium; polymers such as polylactide, polyglycolide, polyurethane, or polycaprolactone; and ceramics such as silica-based glass, calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH or plaster of Paris) and dihydrate (CSD or gypsum), and calcium phosphate.

Nanohydroxyapatite application to osteoporosis management

Calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH, CaSO4 x 1/2 H2O) powders are currently being produced as a bone substitute, and many corporations such as Smith & Nephew and Wright Medical Technology are marketing self-setting, orthopedic cements based on pure CSH.

Preparation of calcium sulfate-based orthopedic cements with calcium phosphate additives

Partially reacted calcium sulfate hemihydrate particles and completely reacted particle "shells" can also be clearly observed in the 2-D image.

The Visible Cement Data Set

Commercially available calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CSH) powders were mixed with anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate (monetite) in order to develop a novel resorbable orthopedic cement.

Synthesis of orthopedic cement by the addition of anhydrous calcium hydrogen phosphate to calcium sulfate hemihydrate