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Magnesium Alloys
light alloys, there are used in aircraft industry and for casting, etc.

Magnesium Borate
3MgO.B2O3, crystals that are white or colorless and transparent; soluble in alcohol and acids, slightly soluble in water; used as a fungicide, antiseptic, and preservative.

Magnesium Bromate
Mg(BrO3)2.6H2O, a white crystalline compound, insoluble in alcohol, soluble in water; a fire hazard; used as an analytical reagent.

Magnesium Bromide
MgBr2.6H2O, deliquescent, colorless, bitter-tasting crystals, melting at 172°C; soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol; used in medicine and in the synthesis of organic chemicals.

Magnesium Carbonate
MgCO3, a water – in – soluble white powder, decomposing at about 350°C; used as a refractory material

Magnesium Chlorate
Mg(ClO3)2.6H2O, a white powder, bitter-testing and hygroscopic; slightly soluble in alcohols, soluble in water; used in medicine.

Magnesium Chloride
MgCl2.6H2O deliquescent white crystals; soluble in water and alcohol; used in disinfectants and fire extinquishers, and in ceramics, textiles, and paper manufacture.

Magnesium fluoride
MgF2, white, fluorescent crystals; insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in nitric acid; melts at 1263°C; used in ceramics and glass. Also known as magnesium flux.

Magnesium fluosilicate
MgSiF6.6H2O, water – soluble, efflorescent white crystals; used in ceramics, in moth-proofing and waterproofing, and as a concrete hardener. Also known as magnesium silicofluoride.

Magnesium hydride
MgH4, a hydride compound formed from the metal magnesium; it decomposes violently in water, and in a vacuum at about 280°C.

Magnesium hydroxide
Mg(OH)2, a white powder, very slightly soluble in water, decomposing at 350°C; used as an intermediate in extraction of magnesium metal, and as a reagent in the sulfite wood pulp process. Also known as magnesium hydrate.

Magnesium iodide
MgI2.8H2O, crystalline powder, white and deliquescent, discolouring in air; soluble in water, alcohol, and ether; used in medicine.

Magnesium nitrate
Mg(NO3)2.hH2O, deliquescent white crystals; soluble in alcohol and water; a fire hazard; used as an oxidizing material in pyrotechnics.

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