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Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dehydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. and as the main constituent in many forms of gypsum […]

Gypsum uses include: manufacture of gypsum board, cement, plaster of Paris, soil conditioning, a hardening retarder in Portland cement. Varieties of gypsum known as “satin spar” […]

Gypsum’s main use is in the construction business, as gypsum board, or “drywall”.   “Drywall” come in large sheets, and is used to coat the walls of […]

A number of types of gypsum products are in use all over the world. In fact, humans have been utilizing this mineral for centuries, primarily in […]

Agricultural Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate – CaSO4) is one of those rare materials that performs in all three categories of soil treatment: an amendment, conditioner, and fertilizer. […]

Gypsum Improves Compacted Soil Gypsum can help break up compacted soil. Soil compaction can be prevented by not plowing or driving machinery on soil when it […]

Gypsum is a fertilizer product and supplies the crop-available form of calcium (Ca2+) and sulfur (SO42-). If these forms are deficient in soil, then crop productivity […]

  Soil structure is impacted by exchangeable cations (positively charged ions). Multivalent cations (more than one positive charge) help hold soil particles together because they can […]