magnesium chloride

noun

: a bitter deliquescent salt MgCl2 used especially as a source of magnesium metal

Examples of magnesium chloride in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web According to a Turbo Melt employee, the biodegradable waste product elongates the lifetime and therefore the effectiveness of the magnesium chloride compound. Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024 This year, Oakdale will be trying Turbo Melt, composed of magnesium chloride and a biodegradable waste product, which comes from food and beverage waste streams — these substances are byproducts of food and beverage manufacturing that would otherwise go unused. Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2024 Magnesium There are three magnesium types Attia takes: magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride, and magnesium L-threonate. Sean Evans, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2024 The city also used over 700 tons of a combination of calcium chloride and magnesium chloride to help deice streets and sidewalks throughout the storm. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024 Ogden's 55,000-acre solar evaporation pond complex produces salt, sulfate of potash and magnesium chloride from the Great Salt Lake. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023 To make magnesium oil, magnesium chloride flakes are combined with water. Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 6 Sep. 2023 Compass Minerals produces salt, plant nutrients and magnesium chloride at its 55,000-acre solar evaporation pond complex on the Great Salt Lake. Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023 Magnesium chloride hexahydrate, which is extracted from seawater, and the dehydrated form known simply as magnesium chloride are commonly used in creams, lotions, and oils due to water solubility, Villegas explained. Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 6 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of magnesium chloride was in 1866

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“Magnesium chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnesium%20chloride. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

magnesium chloride

noun
: a bitter salt that occurs dissolved in seawater and is used in producing magnesium metal

Medical Definition

magnesium chloride

noun
: a bitter crystalline salt MgCl2 used especially to replenish body electrolytes

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