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Magnesium oxide

puriss. p.a., ACS reagent, ≥97% (calcined substance, KT)

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Linear Formula:
MgO
CAS Number:
1309-48-4
Molecular Weight:
40.30
EC Number:
215-171-9
MDL number:
MFCD00011109
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
329759782
NACRES:
NB.24

grade

ACS reagent
puriss. p.a.

Assay

≥97% (calcined substance, KT)

form

powder

impurities

≤0.002% total nitrogen (N)

loss

≤2% loss on ignition, 800°C

mp

2852 °C (lit.)

anion traces

chloride (Cl-): ≤100 mg/kg
sulfate, sulfite (as SO42-): ≤200 mg/kg

cation traces

Ba: ≤10 mg/kg
Ca: ≤500 mg/kg
Cd: ≤5 mg/kg
Co: ≤5 mg/kg
Cr: ≤5 mg/kg
Cu: ≤5 mg/kg
Fe: ≤50 mg/kg
K: ≤50 mg/kg
Mn: ≤5 mg/kg
Na: ≤2500 mg/kg
Ni: ≤5 mg/kg
Pb: ≤5 mg/kg
Sr: ≤20 mg/kg
Zn: ≤5 mg/kg

SMILES string

O=[Mg]

InChI

1S/Mg.O

InChI key

CPLXHLVBOLITMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Magnesium oxide (MgO) may be employed as a phase stabilizer during the fabrication of porous β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP).

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Fabrication of β-TCP foam: Effects of magnesium oxide as phase stabilizer on its properties.
Nikaido T, et al.
Ceramics International, 41(10), 14245-14250 (2015)
Magnesium oxide-catalysed reaction of carbon dioxide with an epoxide with retention of stereochemistry.
Yano T, et al.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), 12, 1129-1130 (1997)
Synthesis of ethylene and ethane by partial oxidation of methane over lithium-doped magnesium oxide.
Ito T and Lunsford JH.
Nature, 721-722 (1985)
Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 495-495 (1994)
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Atomic scale characterization of the structure and dynamics of confined water molecules located near the metal oxide-aqueous interface is carried out using molecular dynamics simulations. Proximity effects on water molecules (H(2)O) near a magnesium oxide surface (MgO(100)) at room temperature
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