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Question
Which property of plaster of Paris is utilised in making casts for broken limbs in hospitals?
Solution
Plaster of Paris has a very remarkable property of setting into a hard mass on wetting with water ' is the property of POP which is utilised for make cast for broken limbs in hospitals.
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