Question

State two important use of plaster of Paris.

 

Answer 1

Uses: 
(i) Plaster of Paris is used in making decorative materials, toys, cosmetics, cheap ornaments, black-board chalks and casts for fractured bone and statues.
(ii) It is used in making surfaces such as walls of houses smooth before they are painted and for creating ornamental designs on the ceilings of houses and other buildings.