MAGNESIA, Chemical Compound

common name for the chemical compound magnesium oxide, MgO. It occurs as colorless, cubic crystals. It is refractory, melting at about 2,800 degrees Celsius. It is very slightly soluble in pure water but is soluble in acids and solutions of ammonium salts. The magnesia of commerce is a fine white powder used in soaps, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and as a filler in rubber goods. Magnesia is used to make crucibles and other ceramic goods. Crude magnesia is prepared by roasting dolomite (calcium magnesium double carbonate) or magnesite (magnesium carbonate). Pure magnesia is prepared by refining the crude product. Magnesia is also extracted from seawater. It occurs in nature as the mineral periclase.

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books on: Magnesia Chemical Compound  - 14 results

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The Periodic Kingdom: A Journey into the Land of the Chemical Elements
Book by P. W. Atkins; Basic Books, 1995
Subjects: Chemical Elements, Periodic Law
...obtained from a white earth, magnes carneus, found in Magnesia, a district in ancient Thessaly. Over in the Eastern Rectangle...That view has since been overthrown hydrochloric acid, a compound of hydrogen and chlorine, is a counterexample , but the...typical metallic gray of the Western Desert. However, compounds of rubidium, when burned in a flame, give out a ruddy...
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The Elements
Book by Ron Miller; Twenty-First Century Books, 2006
Subjects: Chemical Elements--Juvenile Literature
...Many familiar household products are elements or simple compounds of only two or three elements. Ordinary table salt is one...alcohol. Fluorine helps make tooth enamel strong, so a compound containing fluorine is added to many toothpastes and sometimes to a citys drinking water. Milk of magnesia, which contains magnesium, is used to calm upset stomachs...
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The Evolution of Chemistry: A History of Its Ideas, Methods, and Materials
Book by Eduard Farber; Ronald Press, 1952
Subjects: Chemistry--History
...temperature. Water is thus a quasi-chemical compound of ice with an amount of heat which...Berlin, then Halle , showed that magnesia is different from lime because...interest to the medical profession. Magnesia was a famous laxative, already...
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Elements: A Very Short Introduction
Book by Philip Ball; Oxford University Press, 2004
...your contemporaneous chemical technology. For example...as elements lime and magnesia. But neither of these...is calcium oxide, a compound of calcium and oxygen, and magnesia is magnesium oxide...electrolysis splitting compounds with electricity...to be parted by the chemical reactions available...
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Chambers's Technical Dictionary
Book by C. F. Tweney, L. E. C. Hughes; Macmillan, 1958
Subjects: Technology--Dictionaries
...potential. oxides Chem. . Compounds of oxygen with another...bringing about the chemical change known as oxidation...flame. oximes Chem. . Compounds obtained by the action...several heterocyclic compounds containing oxygen...prefix used to construct compound terms; e.g. oxygnathous...oxide and a chloride of magnesia chemically combined...
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journal articles on: Magnesia Chemical Compound  - 4 results

 
 
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Determining the Composition of 78-RPM Records: Challenge or Fantasy?
Journal article by Thi-Phuong Nguyen, Xavier Sene, Emilie Le Bourg, Stephane Bouvet; ARSC Journal, Vol. 42, 2011
Subjects: Phonograph records--Composition
...determine the chemical composition...various chemical compounds. In the case...to a chemical compound. The analyses...glucose, a compound which can be...with control compounds (shellac...1906) <br/ Magnesia 5304 (1905...Hydrochloric acid, Magnesia, Nigrosin...Appendix II Chemical Analysis * FT...
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Rise and Fall of Geology in Nineteenth Century American Secondary Schools: History and Textbook Reviews
Journal article by James X. Corgan, Richard G. Stearns; Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 56, 2008
Subjects: Books, College students, Colleges & universities, Geology, Private schools, Religion, Science, Secondary school students, Secondary schools
...p. 17): Mica ... is a compound of silica, alumina, potash...particle size, cohesiveness, and chemical composition. A third involves...discussion includes a non-chemical introduction to minerals...species, such as antimony. The chemical nature of minerals is not stressed...
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Consumption, Consumerism, and Things from the Earth
Journal article by Charles E. Orser Jr.; Historical Methods, Vol. 27, 1994
Subjects: Social Sciences
...undetermined 20. Rogers Dry Citrate Magnesia (Geneseo, New York): headache...expectorant 26. Paines Celery Compound ( Burlington, Vermont...bowels 27. W. Rumfords Chemical Works (Providence, Rhode...Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound (Lynn, Massa chusetts...
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"Mineral Productions of Every Kind": Geological Observations in the Lewis and Clark Journals and the Role of Thomas Jefferson and the American Philosophical Society in the Geological Mentoring of Meriwether Lewis
Journal article by John W. Jengo; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 94, 2004
Subjects: American Philosophical Society, American history, Clark, William (1770-1838), Expeditions, Explorers, Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809), Mineralogy, Minerals
...substance with a range of chemical compositions and a very...copperas, Glaubers salt, magnesia, and niter.30 Even...least 50 percent of the chemical composition of the rock...readily identifiable compound the captains noted frequently...which is a nonmetallic chemical element: I burnt some...


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magazine articles on: Magnesia Chemical Compound  - 2 results

 
 
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Pharmacists' Top Choices in Otcs for 1993
Magazine article; Drug Topics, Vol. 137, August 16, 1993
Subjects: Drug stores, Manyproducts, Nonprescription drugs, Pharmacists, Recommendations, Statistical data, United States
...8 Licide/Reese Chemical--2 Triple X/Carter...by 49%; Citrate of Magnesia is recommended by 25...49% Citrate of Magnesia/various manufacturers--25 Milk of Magnesia/various manufacturers...are DuoFilm (34%), Compound W (25%), Mediplast...
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Out of Harm's Way
Magazine article by Elizabeth Leaff; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 268, March 1996
Subjects: Dogs, First aid
...your hand (first muzzling the dog). Compound fractures, characterized by bone piercing...Immediately remove any flea collar or chemical-containing material from the dogs...administer an antacid such as milk of magnesia or Pepto-Bismol. Roughly two teaspoons...turpentine, gasoline, or other harsh chemicals. These remedies are extremely irritating...


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encyclopedia articles on: Magnesia Chemical Compound  - 4 results

 
 
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Magnesia , Chemical Compound
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAGNESIA , chemical compound common name for the chemical compound...solutions of ammonium salts. The magnesia of commerce is a fine white powder...and as a filler in rubber goods. Magnesia is used to make crucibles and other...
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Milk of Magnesia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MILK OF MAGNESIA common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 . The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative...
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Calcium Oxide
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CALCIUM OXIDE chemical compound, CaO, a colorless, cubic crystalline or white amorphous substance...often contains impurities, e.g., silica, iron, alumina, and magnesia. It is prepared by heating calcium carbonate (e.g., limestone...
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Hydroxide
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HYDROXIDE hidrok sid, chemical compound that contains the hydroxyl...refers especially to inorganic compounds. Organic compounds that have the hydroxyl radical...Magnesium hydroxide ( milk of magnesia ) is only slightly basic...


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