Magnesium chloride hexahydrate 99 +%. Ph. Eur, BP, FCC, food grade

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Laboratory Discounter is your partner when it comes to affordable, high-quality and safe chemicals. Within our webshop you will find, for example, food grade magnesium chloride. Magnesium chloride, abbreviated MgCl2, is the magnesium salt of hydrochloric acid. This substance forms various hydrates. Magnesium chloride is used for various applications. One of these uses is as a food additive.

Magnesium chloride in food technology

Magnesium chloride has various applications. In food technology, magnesium chloride is used as an acid regulator, firming agent, flavor enhancer, carrier or release agent. The substance is approved in the EU as a food additive without limiting the maximum amount for all foods approved for additives and for organic food. You can recognize magnesium chloride by the E number E511. For example, magnesium chloride is the main component of the coagulant Nigari and is used in the production of tofu. In addition, it is also still used as a supplement to road salt.

Other applications

In addition to food technology, magnesium chloride has other applications. For example, it is used to extract elemental magnesium through molten salt electrolysis. In addition, magnesium chloride is used to increase the magnesium concentration in reef aquariums. It is also used to bind dust (explosion protection) in the extraction of coal.

Experimentally, magnesium chloride was used in a caustic called antibody to bind road dust. As magnesium oil, a saturated magnesium chloride water solution with an oily consistency, it is used in alternative medicine in concentrated form for transdermal magnesium substitution (absorption through the skin). There is no scientific evidence for this. Finally, as a thermal battery, magnesium chloride hexahydrate can store and release heat energy.

Order magnesium chloride at Laboratoriumdiscounter

You can easily buy magnesium chloride via Laboratoriumdiscounter. With us you order our own house brand, which is affordable, of good quality and meets the right requirements. You can order this from 100 g to 25 kg. Of course you can also order multiple packages. Place the desired quantity in the shopping cart. The more kg you order, the higher the discount. We use a graduated discount on Magnesium Chloride. We think it is unnecessary to have to pay too much for chemicals. Order now and we will ensure that you receive it within 1 to 2 working days!

Technical data

Empirical formula MgCl2 · 6 H2O
Molar mass (M) 203.3 g/mol
Density (D) 1.57 g/cm³
Melting point (mp) >100 °C
WCK 1
CAS no. 7791-18-6
EC-No. 232-094-6

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