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