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🧪 Gypsum Calcination: Dehydration Kinetics (2D)

Heat gypsum in a 2D kiln and watch sequential Arrhenius kinetics convert it from dihydrate to hemihydrate to anhydrite, with live rate constants and mass-loss readouts.

Chemistry & Materials2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

This 2D companion trades the 3D kiln's factory diorama for a plain kinetics readout: an Arrhenius rate law drives sequential first-order conversion of gypsum (CaSO₄·2H₂O) to hemihydrate then anhydrite as you heat it, with a grain-by-grain bed that visibly shifts from blue-grey to tan to pale grey and live k₁/k₂, water-remaining and mass-loss numbers you can watch respond to temperature, heating rate and particle size in real time.

⚙ Under the hood

Arrhenius-kinetics model of gypsum dehydration: sequential first-order conversion dihydrate → hemihydrate → anhydrite, with adjustable target temperature, heating rate and particle size driving the rate constants.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install