Hemihydrate

In chemistry, a hemihydrate (or semihydrate) is a hydrate whose solid contains one molecule of water of crystallization per two other molecules, or per two unit cells. An example of this is CaSO4·0.5H2O or 2CaSO4·H2O, which is the hemihydrate of CaSO4.

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