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    Gypsum block is a massive lightweight building material composed of solid gypsum, for building and erecting lightweight, fire-resistant, non-load bearing...
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    Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer...
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    other factors. Gypsum block Rusticated concrete block Fly ash brick "Concrete Masonry". ncma.org. Retrieved 31 January 2023. "breeze-block". Encyclopedia...
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  • consists of gypsum blocks and plaster, among others. Three main types of gypsum waste based on their origin can be distinguished: Gypsum waste from the...
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    Alabaster (redirect from Gypsum alabaster)
    (i) the fine-grained, massive type of gypsum, and (ii) the fine-grained, banded type of calcite. Chemically, gypsum is a hydrous sulfate of calcium, whereas...
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  • leaves and then into the atmosphere. A tensiometer, electrical resistance gypsum block, neutron probes, or time-domain reflectometry (TDR) can be used to determine...
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    Drywall (redirect from Gypsum board)
    gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, gypsum panel and gyprock) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum)...
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    Plaster (redirect from Gypsum plaster)
    In Egypt, gypsum was burned in open fires, crushed into powder, and mixed with water to create plaster, used as a mortar between the blocks of pyramids...
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    USG Corporation, also known as United States Gypsum Corporation, is an American company which manufactures construction materials, most notably drywall...
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    limestone blocks were bound by a mortar of mud and clay, or clay and sand. In later Egyptian pyramids, the mortar was made of gypsum, or lime. Gypsum mortar...
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    reduce the bulk and weight of structural concrete floor slabs. Terracotta Gypsum block Architectural terracotta Reinforced concrete Friedman, Donald (2010)...
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    superstructure, and 2.595 million square feet (241,100 m2) of terra cotta and gypsum block. The hotel is accessed by six bronze-and-nickel doorways, three each...
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  • Ground reinforcement - Grout - Grouted roof - Guastavino tile - Gypsum block - Gypsum concrete Hammer - Hammerbeam roof - Hammer drill - Hard hat - Harling...
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    referred to as soil water potential sensors and include tensiometers and gypsum blocks. Technologies commonly used to indirectly measure volumetric water content...
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  • moisture sensing devices such as capacitance sensors, tensiometers and gypsum blocks. Frequency domain sensor Irrigation in viticulture Neutron probe Nonlimiting...
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    that detect the subtle change between the water in the soil. Similarly, gypsum block placed throughout the vineyard contain an electrode that can be used...
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    Cave of the Crystals (category Gypsum caves)
    (180,000 to 210,000 cu ft). The chamber contains giant selenite crystals (gypsum, CaSO4 · 2 H2O), some of the largest natural crystals ever found. The largest...
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    include the Citizens Bank and Trust, the Letson Block, the Medigovich Building II, the Muheim Block, and the Johnson Building. The religious/social/education...
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    potash salts, overlain by gypsiferous marl and interlayered with beds of gypsum and dolomite with infrequent seams of oil shale that accumulated between...
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    Corps in 1901, this historic structure is a four-story, red brick and gypsum block building. It features a central rounded archway, open porch, and tile...
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    ruins now, and you can see that they were built with double walls of gypsum blocks and mud. Some of them date back to 1000 BCE, and were destroyed and...
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    contain gigantic crystals of CaSO 4 · 2 H 2O (calcium sulfate dihydrate, gypsum, also sometimes called selenite. Peñoles announced in October 2015 that...
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    moving monumental antiquities in later decades. In 1910 two additional gypsum blocks were found to fit spaces in the wall, indicating a fourth story had...
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  • gypsum. It is preferable to have non symmetrical leaves, for example with different thickness gypsum. The effect of adding multiple layers of gypsum wallboard...
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    and systems for the production of bagged plaster, gypsum plasterboard, gypsum fibreboard, gypsum blocks, cement fibreboards and construction boards and...
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    typically mixed and poured on-site. AAC is a combination of quartz sand, gypsum, lime, Portland cement, water, fly ash, and aluminium powder. After the...
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    Block booking is a system of selling multiple films to a theater as a unit. Block booking was the prevailing practice in the Hollywood studio system from...
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    buildings from the XIX and early XX centuries: village houses with simple gypsum block facades and a few town houses, made of millstone, with a much more refined...
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    these can also be manufactured from other carbonate-based minerals, or gypsum. Chalk is a fine-textured, earthy type of limestone distinguished by its...
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    especially in the Great Pyramid. To fill the gaps, huge quantities of gypsum and rubble were needed. : 72, 80  The filling has almost no binding properties...
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