Fertilizer companies once routinely mixed
gypsum into their products, but that practice faded.
Not exact matches
Miners pull phosphate ore out of the ground, crush it, and throw it
into an acid lake, where it separates
into white
gypsum stacks and a liquid acid that is then processed further to feed crops.
Many of the creatures in the White Sands ecosystem, including the lesser earless lizard and the Apache pocket mouse, have undergone rapid evolution in response to their unique environment, developing a lighter appearance that allows them to blend
into the
gypsum sands and escape predators.
Incidentally, another study indicated that the formation of the mineral
gypsum on Mars may provide insight
into the presence of water on the red planet.
Bottrop employs charcoal — a metaphor for what once powered the world, and a nod to the now - defunct mechanical industry — in an expansive wall - drawing engraved
into slabs of Fermacell, a material now replacing sheetrock or
gypsum used in the construction of institutional architecture.
The water ice counteracts the traditional danger of living above ground by serving as a radiation barrier, offsetting fears of solar exposure that have, until now, projected Martian architecture
into a dark underworld — buried beneath a regolithic surface that is believed to contain perchlorates,
gypsum and other substances hazardous to human life.Water as a Radiation Shield By taking advantage of water - ice's ability to filter the sun's rays and protect against radiation, ICE HOUSE prioritizes a life above ground and celebrates the human presence on the planetary surface.
(Note, you could always go
into the business of mixing Coal Ash waste sand / gravel and sodium chloride and spread that on snow covered concrete roads during winter and possibly spreading aluminum sulfate or
gypsum on asphalt roads in summer... (Chalk or marl might not be the best choice as the IR acceptance may be too high)-RRB-
CertainTeed takes its
gypsum board and incorporates a proprietary ingredient that converts formaldehyde — a common VOC —
into two separate inert compounds.