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CAS NUMBER: 7791-18-6
EC NUMBER: 616-575-1
MOLECULAR FORMULA: Cl2H12MgO6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 203.30
IUPAC NAME: magnesium;dichloride;hexahydrate
Magnesium is a mineral responsible for many body functions, including muscle and nerve function, regulating blood sugar and blood pressure levels, and making protein, bones, and DNA.1 Magnesium is naturally present in many foods, including whole grains, leafy vegetables, nuts and legumes, fortified foods, and dairy.
Magnesium Chloride is one of several types of magnesium supplements.
Others include magnesium aspartate, magnesium citrate, magnesium gluconate, magnesium glycinate, magnesium lactate, magnesium malate, magnesium oxide, and magnesium sulfate.
Uses of Magnesium Chloride:
Supplement use should be individualized and vetted by a healthcare professional, such as a registered dietician, pharmacist, or doctor.
No supplement is intended to treat, cure, or prevent disease.
People mainly use magnesium chloride to boost their dietary intake of magnesium.
While it doesn't treat conditions by itself, it can help those with low magnesium levels improve certain bodily functions.
In addition, magnesium chloride supplements have well-documented uses in type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and migraines.
Other:
In addition to the potential health benefits listed above, some people use magnesium to support:
*Sleep
*Mood
*Energy
Magnesium chloride is the name for the chemical compound with the formula MgCl2 and its various hydrates MgCl2(H2O)x.
Anhydrous MgCl2 contains 25.5% elemental magnesium by mass.
These salts are typical ionic halides, being highly soluble in water.
The hydrated magnesium chloride can be extracted from brine or sea water.
In North America, magnesium chloride is produced primarily from Great Salt Lake brine.
Magnesium Chloride is extracted in a similar process from the Dead Sea in the Jordan Valley.
Magnesium chloride, as the natural mineral bischofite, is also extracted (by solution mining) out of ancient seabeds, for example, the Zechstein seabed in northwest Europe.
Some magnesium chloride is made from solar evaporation of seawater.
Anhydrous magnesium chloride is the principal precursor to magnesium metal, which is produced on a large scale.
Hydrated magnesium chloride is the form most readily available.
Structure, preparation, and general properties:
MgCl2 crystallizes in the cadmium chloride motif, which features octahedral Mg centers.
Several hydrates are known with the formula MgCl2(H2O)x, and each loses water at higher temperatures:
x = 12 (−16.4 °C), 8 (−3.4 °C), 6 (116.7 °C), 4 (181 °C), 2 (about 300 °C).
In the hexahydrate, the Mg2+ is also octahedral, but is coordinated to six water ligands.
The thermal dehydration of the hydrates MgCl2(H2O)x (x = 6, 12) does not occur straightforwardly.
Anhydrous MgCl2 is produced industrially by heating the chloride salt of hexammine complex [Mg(NH3)6]2+.
As suggested by the existence of some hydrates, anhydrous MgCl2 is a Lewis acid, although a weak one.
In the Dow process, magnesium chloride is regenerated from magnesium hydroxide using hydrochloric acid:
Mg(OH)2(s) + 2 HCl(aq) → MgCl2(aq) + 2 H2O(l)
Magnesium Chloride can also be prepared from magnesium carbonate by a similar reaction.
Derivatives with tetrahedral Mg2+ are less common.
Examples include salts of (N(C2H5)4)2MgCl4 and adducts such as MgCl2.
APPLICATIONS
*Precursor to Mg metal
Anhydrous MgCl2 is the main precursor to metallic magnesium.
The reduction of Mg2+ into metallic Mg0 is performed by electrolysis in molten salt.
As it is also the case for aluminium, an electrolysis in aqueous solution is not possible as the produced metallic magnesium would immediately react with water, or in other words that the water H+ would be reduced into gaseous H2 before Mg reduction could occur.
So, the direct electrolysis of molten MgCl2 in the absence of water is required because the reduction potential to obtain Mg is lower than the stability domain of water on an Eh–pH diagram.
MgCl2 → Mg + Cl2
The production of metallic magnesium at the cathode (reduction reaction) is accompanied by the oxidation of the chloride anions at the anode with release of gaseous chlorine.
This process is developed at a large industrial scale.
*Dust and erosion control
Magnesium chloride is one of many substances used for dust control, soil stabilization, and wind erosion mitigation.
When magnesium chloride is applied to roads and bare soil areas, both positive and negative performance issues occur which are related to many application factors.
*Catalyst support
Ziegler-Natta catalysts, used commercially to produce polyolefins, contain MgCl2 as a catalyst support.
The introduction of MgCl2 supports increases the activity of traditional catalysts and allowed the development of highly stereospecific catalysts for the production of polypropylene
*Ice control
Magnesium chloride is used for low-temperature de-icing of highways, sidewalks, and parking lots.
When highways are treacherous due to icy conditions, magnesium chloride helps to prevent the ice bond to the pavement, allowing snow plows to clear the roads more efficiently.
Magnesium chloride is used in three ways for pavement ice control:
Anti-icing, when maintenance professionals spread it onto roads before a snow storm to prevent snow from sticking and ice from forming; prewetting, which means a liquid formulation of magnesium chloride is sprayed directly onto salt as it is being spread onto roadway pavement, wetting the salt so that it sticks to the road; and pretreating, when magnesium chloride and salt are mixed together before they are loaded onto trucks and spread onto paved roads.
Calcium chloride damages concrete twice as fast as magnesium chloride.
The amount of magnesium chloride is supposed to be controlled when it is used for de-icing as it may cause pollution to the environment.
*Nutrition and medicine
Magnesium chloride is used in nutraceutical and pharmaceutical preparations.
*Cuisine
Magnesium chloride is an important coagulant used in the preparation of tofu from soy milk.
Magnesium Chloride is an inexpensive dietary supplement providing magnesium, hence its interest in view of a general deficit in our current consumption (to be in full health, the human body must in particular benefit from a balance between calcium and magnesium).
Magnesium Chloride is also an ingredient in baby formula milk.
*Gardening and horticulture
Because magnesium is a mobile nutrient, magnesium chloride can be effectively used as a substitute for magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt) to help correct magnesium deficiency in plants via foliar feeding.
The recommended dose of magnesium chloride is smaller than the recommended dose of magnesium sulfate (20 g/l).
This is due primarily to the chlorine present in magnesium chloride, which can easily reach toxic levels if over-applied or applied too often.
Magnesium Chloride has been found that higher concentrations of magnesium in tomato and some pepper plants can make them more susceptible to disease caused by infection of the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris, since magnesium is essential for bacterial growth
Occurrence:
Magnesium values in natural seawater are between 1250 and 1350 mg/l, around 3.7% of the total seawater mineral content.
Dead Sea minerals contain a significantly higher magnesium chloride ratio, 50.8%.
Carbonates and calcium are essential for all growth of corals, coralline algae, clams, and invertebrates.
Magnesium can be depleted by mangrove plants and the use of excessive limewater or by going beyond natural calcium, alkalinity, and pH values.
The most common mineral form of magnesium chloride is its hexahydrate, bischofite.
Anhydrous compound occurs very rarely, as chloromagnesite.
Magnesium chloride-hydroxides, korshunovskite and nepskoeite, are also very rare
This medication is a mineral supplement used to prevent and treat low amounts of magnesium in the blood.
Some brands are also used to treat symptoms of too much stomach acid such as stomach upset, heartburn, and acid indigestion.
Magnesium is very important for the normal functioning of cells, nerves, muscles, bones, and the heart.
Usually, a well-balanced diet provides normal blood levels of magnesium.
Magnesium is a naturally occurring mineral.
Magnesium is important for many systems in the body, especially the muscles and nerves.
Magnesium chloride is used to treat or prevent magnesium deficiency (lack of natural magnesium in the body).
Magnesium chloride may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Magnesium chloride is an inorganic salt (compound) that has one magnesium and two chloride ions with the chemical formula MgCl2.
Magnesium Chloride's various hydrates have the formula MgCl2(H2O)x.
Magnesium Chloride is used as a cathartic and in alloys.
The magnesium chloride salt is a typical ionic halide and is highly soluble in water.
Hydrated magnesium chloride can be produced by extraction from brine or seawater.
Anhydrous magnesium chloride is produced on a large scale and it is the primary precursor to magnesium metal.
Magnesium chloride is the name of the chemical compound with the formula MgCl2 and its various hydrates MgCl2(H2O)x.
Anhydrous Magnesium Chloride contains .5 elemental magnesium by mass.
These salts are typical ionic halides that are highly soluble in water.
Hydrated magnesium chloride can be extracted from brine or seawater.
In North America, magnesium chloride is primarily produced from the brine of the Great Salt Lake.
Magnesium Chloride is extracted from the Dead Sea in the Jordan Valley by a similar process.
As the natural mineral bischophyte, magnesium chloride is also mined (by solution mining) from ancient seabeds, for example the Zechstein seabed in northwestern Europe.
Some magnesium chloride substance is made from solar evaporation of seawater.
Anhydrous magnesium chloride is the principal precursor of magnesium metal produced on a large scale.
Hydrated magnesium chloride is the most readily available form.
Magnesium Chloride exists as a white or colorless crystalline solid.
Molecular Formula: MgCl2
In which industries is Magnesium Chloride used?
-Chemical treatments
-Dust and erosion control
-Catalyst support
-Icing control
-Pharmaceutical industry
-Food industry
-Agriculture and gardening
Magnesium is a mineral responsible for many body functions, including muscle and nerve function, regulating blood sugar and blood pressure levels, and making protein, bones, and DNA.1 Magnesium is naturally present in many foods, including whole grains, leafy vegetables, nuts and legumes, fortified foods, and dairy.
Magnesium chloride is one of several types of magnesium supplements.
Others include magnesium aspartate, magnesium citrate, magnesium gluconate, magnesium glycinate, magnesium lactate, magnesium malate, magnesium oxide, and magnesium sulfate.
Magnesium chloride, as the natural mineral bischofite, is also extracted (by solution mining) out of ancient seabeds, for example, the Zechstein seabed in northwest Europe.
Some magnesium chloride is made from solar evaporation of seawater.
Anhydrous magnesium chloride is the principal precursor to magnesium metal, which is produced on a large scale.
Hydrated magnesium chloride is the form most readily available.
Magnesium Chloride can also be prepared from magnesium carbonate by a similar reaction.
Derivatives with tetrahedral Mg2+ are less common.
Examples include salts of (N(C2H5)4)2MgCl4 and adducts such as MgCl2.
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES:
-Molecular Weight: 203.30
-Exact Mass: 201.9861352
-Monoisotopic Mass: 201.9861352
-Topological Polar Surface Area: 6 Ų
-Color: white
-Form: solid
-Odour: Odourless
Magnesium Chloride's various hydrates have the formula MgCl2(H2O)x.
Magnesium Chloride is used as a cathartic and in alloys.
The Magnesium Chloride salt is a typical ionic halide and is highly soluble in water.
Hydrated magnesium chloride can be produced by extraction from brine or seawater.
Anhydrous magnesium chloride is produced on a large scale and it is the primary precursor to magnesium metal.
Magnesium chloride is the name of the chemical compound with the formula MgCl2 and its various hydrates MgCl2(H2O)x.
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES:
-Hydrogen Bond Donor Count: 6
-Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count: 8
-Rotatable Bond Count: 0
-Heavy Atom Count: 9
-Formal Charge: 0
-Complexity: 2.8
-Isotope Atom Count: 0
-Defined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
-Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count: 0
-Defined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
-Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count: 0
-Covalently-Bonded Unit Count: 9
-Compound Is Canonicalized: Yes
Magnesium chloride is an important coagulant used in the preparation of tofu from soy milk.
Magnesium Chloride is an inexpensive dietary supplement providing magnesium, hence its interest in view of a general deficit in our current consumption (to be in full health, the human body must in particular benefit from a balance between calcium and magnesium).
Magnesium Chloride is also an ingredient in baby formula milk.
Magnesium is a naturally occurring mineral.
Magnesium is important for many systems in the body, especially the muscles and nerves.
Magnesium chloride is used to treat or prevent magnesium deficiency (lack of natural magnesium in the body).
Magnesium chloride may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
Magnesium chloride is an inorganic salt (compound) that has one magnesium and two chloride ions with the chemical formula MgCl2.
Anhydrous Magnesium Chloride contains .5 elemental magnesium by mass.
These salts are typical ionic halides that are highly soluble in water.
Hydrated magnesium chloride can be extracted from brine or seawater.
SYNONYMS:
MFCD00149781
Cl2Mg.6H2O
Magnesiumchloridehexahydrate
DSSTox_CID_789
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate (MgCl2.6H2O)
dichloromagnesium hexahydrate
Magnesium chloride (JAN/USP)
Magnesium chloride (MgCl2), hexahydrate
NCGC00257800-01
CAS-7791-18-6
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate, AR, >=99%
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate, LR, >=98%
D04834
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate
Magnesium dichloride
