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A thick coating of a paste of Plaster of...

A thick coating of a paste of Plaster of Paris (POP) is applied over the bandage on a fractured bone. It becomes hard on drying to keep the fractured bone immobilised. Can the change in POP be reversed?

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No, once the plaster is dried, it becomes hard and cannot be reversed back to paste form.
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