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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 seawater. Magnesium Chloride Formula is an important one for students. They should learn and know about it. Magnesium chloride is one of the naturally occurring inorganic compounds that has a wide variety of applications in industries, medical fields and it is even an important mineral for human beings.
Magnesium chloride is basically a salt that is typical ionic halides and they are highly soluble in water. This compound comes in either anhydrous or multiple hydrated crystal forms.
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, electrolysis in an 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 (Pourbaix 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 the release of gaseous chlorine. This process is developed at a large industrial scale.
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.
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, 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 snowstorm 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. It should be noticed that 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.
MgCl2 Uses (Magnesium Chloride)
Magnesium Chloride is used as a precursor magnesium metal.
Used for wind erosion, dust control, and soil stabilization.
Used in fire extinguishers.
Used as a food additive.
Used in the manufacturing of paper.
Used in making disinfectants.
Used as a flocculating agent.
Used as a catalyst.
Used as thread lubricant.
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