M2670

Magnesium chloride hexahydrate

BioXtra, ≥99.0%

• Synonym(s): MgCl₂ hexahydrate, MgCl₂.6H₂O
• Linear Formula: MgCl₂ · 6H₂O
• CAS Number: 7791-18-6
• Molecular Weight: 203.30
• EC Number: 232-094-6
• MDL number: MFCD00149781
• UNSPSC Code: 12161700
• PubChem Substance ID: 24896756
• NACRES: NA.25

Properties

• product line: BioXtra
• Quality Level: 200
• assay: ≥99.0%
• impurities: ≤0.0005% Phosphorus (P); ≤0.005% Insoluble matter
• solubility: H₂O: 1 M, clear, colorless
• anion traces: sulfate (SO₄^2-): ≤0.002%
• cation traces: Al: ≤0.0005%; Ba: ≤0.005%; Ca: ≤0.01%; Cu: ≤0.0005%; Fe: ≤0.0005%; K: ≤0.005%; Mn: ≤0.0005%; NH₄⁺: ≤0.002%; Na: ≤0.005%; Pb: ≤0.001%; Sr: ≤0.005%; Zn: ≤0.0005%
• SMILES string: O.O.O.O.O.O.Cl[Mg]Cl
• InChI: 1S/2ClH.Mg.6H2O/h2*1H;;6*1H2/q;;+2;;;;;;/p-2
• InChI key: DHRRIBDTHFBPNG-UHFFFAOYSA-L

Description

Application

Magnesium chloride hexahydrate has been used:

• in the extraction buffer preparation for determining the enzymatic activity of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) and α-amylase
• in neurobasal culture medium for viability test and in phosphate buffer saline (PBS) for electrophysiological test
• in the preparation of brine solution
• in the preparation of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) –MgCl₂ (magnesium chloride)solution

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 13 - Non Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)