Hydrates are compounds that incorporate water molecules into their fundamental solid structure. In a hydrate (which usually has a specific crystalline form), a defined number of water molecules are associated with each formula unit of the primary material. Gypsum is a hydrate with two water molecules present for every formula unit of CaSO4.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- After losing out five times, director Martin Scorsese was awarded his first Oscar on Sunday for his mob informer movie The Departed.. And moments after Scorsese walked offstage, clutching his Oscar, The Departed was named best picture.
Scorsese, 69, earned his first director Oscar nomination for 1980âs âRaging Bullâ and won the award five years ago for gangster film âThe Departed.â Scorsese won the Golden Globe, the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Board of Review honors for directing âHugo.â