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Magnesium carbonate is ordinarily obtained by mining the mineral magnesite. Seventy percent of the world's supply is mined and prepared in China. [9] Magnesium carbonate can be prepared in laboratory by reaction between any soluble magnesium salt and sodium bicarbonate: MgCl 2 (aq) + 2 NaHCO 3 (aq) → MgCO 3 (s) + 2 NaCl(aq) + H 2 O(l) + CO 2 (g)
The carbonates bind to plumbing surfaces providing seed crystals for further crystal growth, which build up as hard scale. [citation needed] Physical water treatment (PWT) devices cause microscopic mineral crystals to form and remain suspended as they flow with the water, while also acting as seeds for further crystal growth. As water is heated ...
Magnesite can also be formed via the carbonation of magnesium serpentine (lizardite) via the following reaction: 2 Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 + 3 CO 2 → Mg 3 Si 4 O 10 (OH) 2 + 3 MgCO 3 + 3 H 2 O. However, when performing this reaction in the laboratory, the trihydrated form of magnesium carbonate (nesquehonite) will form at room temperature. [6]
Like magnesium oxide, it will generate a basic carbonate when placed in the air. [3] Magnesium sulfide can be produced by the reaction of magnesium and hydrogen sulfide, or by the reaction of magnesium sulfate and carbon disulfide at high temperature: [6] Mg + H 2 S → MgS + H 2 3 MgSO 4 + 4 CS 2 → 3 MgS + 4 COS + 4 SO 2
In chemistry, fractional crystallization is a stage-wise separation technique that relies on the liquid–solid phase change. This technique fractionates via differences in crystallization temperature and enables the purification of multi-component mixtures, as long as none of the constituents can act as solvents to the others.
Magnesium sulfate relaxation is the primary mechanism that causes the absorption of sound in seawater at frequencies above 10 kHz [13] (acoustic energy is converted to thermal energy). Lower frequencies are less absorbed by the salt, so that low frequency sound travels farther in the ocean. Boric acid and magnesium carbonate also contribute to ...
It is the most common cave carbonate after calcite and aragonite. [2] The mineral thermally decomposes, [5] [6] over a temperature range of approximately 220 °C to 550 °C, releasing water and carbon dioxide leaving a magnesium oxide residue. Hydromagnesite was first described in 1836 for an occurrence in Hoboken, New Jersey. [3]
Artinite is a hydrated basic magnesium carbonate mineral with formula: Mg 2 (CO 3)(OH) 2 ·3H 2 O. It forms white silky monoclinic prismatic crystals that are often in radial arrays or encrustations. It has a Mohs hardness of 2.5 and a specific gravity of 2.