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Unread 02-05-2009, 02:49 PM
Brian Watson Brian Watson is offline
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I'm a chemist, but I must have been sick that day.

Wiki to the rescue: Lime can refer to calcium oxides, hydroxides and/or carbonates, while the mineral gypsum is composed of calcium sulfate. So they're different compounds.

Both are ingredients of building materials. Calcium carbonate is a major component of cement, gypsum a minor one. Although there's such a thing as lime plaster, "plaster" commonly refers to plaster of Paris, which is made from gypsum.
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