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Which property of plaster of Paris is utilised in making casts for broken limbs in hospitals?

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Which property of plaster of Paris is utilised in making casts for broken limbs in hospitals?

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Plaster of Paris has a very remarkable property of setting into a hard mass on wetting with water, which is the property of POP that is utilised to make casts for broken limbs in hospitals.

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Chapter 2: Acids, Bases and Salts - Exercise 3 [Page 122]

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Lakhmir Singh Chemistry [English] Class 10
Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts
Exercise 3 | Q 48. (c) | Page 122
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