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

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No, the change in POP cannot be reversed since it is a chemical change.

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