| abstract |
A plaster composition containing an agent for reducing the amount of water necessary in forming a pourable aqueous calcined gypsum slurry, the agent comprising a high potassium salt of a condensation product of naphthalene and sulfonic acid having a molecular weight between about 300 and 3,000. Aqueous plaster slurries containing the agent are pourable, moldable and castable with much less excess water than ordinarily required, resulting in dried cast products of increased strength and other physical property benefits. |