These are panels made of gypsum, with or without additives, mainly extruded between thick sheets of facer and backer paper, used in the construction of interior walls and ceilings. The plaster is mixed with fiber, thus ( paper, fiberglass, asbestos, or a combination of these materials). POP ceiling on the other hand is a mixture of fiber and POP cement to craft a very unique design of your choice.
Waterworld Technology deals with the design and production of ceiling boards using Plaster of Paris [POP] gypsum materials. Plaster of Paris [POP] is a white powdery mixture of gypsum. It has been named such because the first deposit of gypsum was found in Paris. This powder when mixed with water solidifies, but without losing its volume. During the manufacturing process, the gypsum is heated and as such, it does not necessarily require any high heat treatment like ceramics and clays [Worrall 1999]. Because of its property to harden with just water, it is used in a number of areas, but most notably for molding decorative objects.
Plaster is one of the oldest known synthetic building materials: it was used by the Egyptians at least 4000 years ago in the construction of the pyramids, and the Greeks were producing decorative plasterwork by 500 BC. The chemistry of the conversion of gypsum to plaster was also investigated early on by chemists such as Le Chatelier (1850 – 1936) and can’t Hoff (1852 – 1911).
Plaster is made by heating gypsum (CaSO4.2H2O) powder, thus converting it to calcium sulfate hemihydrate (CaSO4.½H2O). The hemihydrate is also known as stucco or Plaster of Paris. Probably so named because of the very large deposit of pure gypsum found beneath Paris. When water is added to the stucco, the material rehydrates to give a solid mass of gypsum. This rehydration is accompanied by an increase in temperature and a slight expansion of the plaster, causing the gypsum to perfectly fill a mold.
The scope and limitation of this project are basically the design and production of ceiling boards using plaster of Paris [POP] gypsum material. In the project, the density of the sample will be determined and the flexural test will be carried out to determine the strength of the sample made up of a composite quantity of POP plaster, water, and Fibre
The use of plaster of Paris [POP] gypsum ceiling board for ceiling finishing should be adopted and improved because of the problems associated with asbestos, which has been used as ceiling finishes for years but with the use of plaster of Paris [POP] gypsum material as ceiling finishes which offers sufficient sound insulation and considerable absorption of heat from the roof and hence provide employment opportunity to the producer.
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