Gypsum types

Calcium group Calcium sulfates group Calcite Calcium sulfate, gypsum type Gypsum Hematite De espejuelo Colour Index (1971) 77231 Fishwick (1795-1816) 58, 60-63, 76-77 Pacheco (1638) Bk 3, Vll, 120 Veliz (1986) 209, n.l06... 

Calcium sulfate, gypsum type has the formula, CaS04.2H20, and is the synthetic analogue of the calciinn sidfate hydrate mineral gypsum (q.v). 

Calcium Sulfates Calcium sulfate, gypsum type ... 

Emissions control systems play an important role at most coal-fired power plants. For example, PC-fired plants sited in the United States require some type of sulfur dioxide control system to meet the regulations set forth in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, unless the boiler bums low sulfur coal or benefits from offsets from other highly controlled boilers within a given utiUty system. Flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) is most commonly accomphshed by the appHcation of either dry- or wet-limestone systems. Wet FGD systems, also referred to as wet scmbbers, are the most effective solution for large faciUties. Modem scmbbers can typically produce a saleable waUboard-quaUty gypsum as a by-product of the SO2 control process (see SULFURREMOVAL AND RECOVERY). 

Evaporite Basin Sulfur Deposits. Elemental sulfur occurs in another type of subsurface deposit similar to the salt-dome stmctures in that the sulfur is associated with anhydrite or gypsum. The deposits are sedimentary, however, and occur in huge evaporite basins. It is befleved that the sulfur in these deposits, like that in the Gulf Coast salt domes, was derived by hydrocarbon reduction of the sulfate material and assisted by anaerobic bacteria. The sulfur deposits in Italy (Sicily), Poland, Iraq, the CIS, and the United States (western Texas) are included in this category. 

In 1989, 4,689,000 metric tons of uncalcined gypsum was sold or used 3,229,000 metric tons for use in Pordand cement and the remainder for agriculture and miscellaneous uses. About 17,778,000 metric tons of calcined material was used to produce 1.9 million square meters of board products. Over one million square meters of this material was regular board and about 560,000 m was Type X board. 

Plaster is the rehydrated calcined gypsum. The American Dental Association classifies five types of dental plaster according to the physical properties type 1, impression plaster type 11, model plaster type 111, dental stone type IV, high-strength dental stone and type V, high-strength. 

Each 100 g of calcined gypsum theoretically requires only 18.6 mL of water to complete the chemical reaction from the hermhydrate to the dihydrate. Any amount of water greater than 18.6 mL/100 g of powder is excess and reduces the strength of the hardened plaster. When a mixture of the hermhydrate and water hardens, linear expansion takes place. This expansion may amount to as much as 0.5% for plaster. Dental stones also expand on setting, but the amount is significantly less than that permitted in plaster, ie, 0.2% for type III, 0.1% for type IV, and 0.3% for type V. 

Impression Plasters. Impression plasters are prepared by mixing with water. Types I and II plasters are weaker than dental stone (types III and IV) because of particle morphology and void content. There are two factors that contribute to the weakness of plaster compared to that of dental stone. First, the porosity of the particles makes it necessary to use more water for a mix, and second, the irregular shapes of the particles prevent them from fitting together tightly. Thus, for equally pourable consistencies, less gypsum per unit volume is present in plaster than in dental stone, and the plaster is considerably weaker. 

Gypsum, raw 25 total 5 Imp-mill type grind and calcine to stucco... 

Typical applications in the chemical field (Beaver, op. cit.) include detarring of manufactured gas, removal of acid mist and impurities in contact sulfuric acid plants, recovery of phosphoric acid mists, removal of dusts in gases from roasters, sintering machines, calciners, cement and lime Idlns, blast furnaces, carbon-black furnaces, regenerators on fluid-catalyst units, chemical-recoveiy furnaces in soda and sulfate pulp mills, and gypsum kettles. Figure 17-74 shows a vertical-flow steel-plate-type precipitator similar to a type used for catalyst-dust collection in certain fluid-catalyst plants. 

Inhibited Muds—Dispersed Systems. These are water-base drilling muds that repress the hydration and dispersion of clays. There are essentially four types of inhibited muds lime muds (high pH), gypsum muds (low pH), seawater muds (unsaturated saltwater muds, low pH), and saturated saltwater muds (low pH). 

Calcium carbonate (CaCO,) calcium sulfate or gypsum (CaSOJ and iron(II) carbonate (FeCO ) are the most common types of scales formed in drilling. If hydrogen sulfide is present, then there is a possibility of iron sulfide (FeS) scale depositing. 

These types are most common in power station-sized boilers and process industries such as cement and gypsum, where the residual ash is absorbed in the process. As their application is at the larger end of the combustion field, on-site milling and preparation is technically feasible and... 

Some pigments promote corrosion owing to their content of soluble salts, their reactivity, or their electrochemical action, and thus should be avoided. Rust of the spotted type can be the consequence of their presence in a paint, especially the hrst coat, e.g. of graphite (noble to steel), some red oxides of iron, gypsum, ochre or lamp black. 

Important metallic ore deposits include Besshi (Kieslager)-type (strata-bound cupriferous pyritic deposits), strata-bound Mn-Fe-type, skam-type, Kuroko-type and vein-type. Dominant non-metallic deposits are limestone, clay, native sulfur, zeolite, silica and gypsum deposits. The deposits are divisible into three groups, based on their ages of formation Carboniferous-Jurassic, Cretaceous-Paleogene and Tertiary-present. 

Kuroko-type Gypsum or Barite Green Tuff Beit of Japan Clusters of Kuroko Deposits... 

Some of the Kuroko deposits consist predominantly of pyrite containing a small amount of chalcopyrite. The ore deposits consisting predominantly of pyrite, either with an economical value of chalcopyrite or not, are called the Y sub-type deposits, which occur above dacite lava dome or lava flow, while copper-poor deposits occur mostly in pyroclastic rocks and are associated with a large amount of gypsum. The Matsumine deposit in the Hanaoka mine is typical of the Y sub-type. The Matsuki and Takadate deposits in the Matsuki mine are also classed as this sub-type (Kuroda, 1978). Many pyrite-rich ore bodies... 

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