Product Name
Magnesium chloride
Category
Metal & Ceramic Materials
Description
Colourless, odourless, very deliquescent flakes or crystals;DELIQUESCENT WHITE SOLID IN VARIOUS FORMS.
Synonyms
dus-top;Lys, TMS;magnesiumchloride(mgcl2);magnesiumchloride[mg2cl4];magnesiumchloride[mgcl2];magnesiumchlorideanhydrous;magnesiumdichloride;MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, 98% ANHYDROUS
IUPAC Name
magnesium;dichloride
Molecular Weight
95.21g/mol
Molecular Formula
MgCl2? 6H₂O;MgCl2;MgCl2;Cl2Mg
Canonical SMILES
[Mg+2].[Cl-].[Cl-]
InChI
InChI=1S/2ClH.Mg/h2*1H;/q;;+2/p-2
InChI Key
TWRXJAOTZQYOKJ-UHFFFAOYSA-L
Boiling Point
1,412 °C;1412 °C
Melting Point
712 °C (rapid heating);712 °C (rapid heating)
Solubility
Very soluble in water, freely soluble in ethanol;7.40 g/100 ml of alcohol @ 20 °C; 72.7 g/100 ml water @ 100 °C;In methanol, 15.5 g/100 g @ 0 °C, 20.4 g/100 g @ 60 °C; in ethanol, 3.61 g/100 g @ 0 °C, 15.89 g/100 g @ 60 °C;In water, 54.6 g/100 g @ 20 °C;Solubility in water, g/100ml at 20 °C: 54.3
Color/Form
Thin white to gray granules and/or flakes;LUSTROUS HEXAGONAL CRYSTALS;Soft leaflets;Colorless or white crystals
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
3
Decomposition
When heated to decomp ... emits toxic fumes of /hydrogen chloride/.
EC Number
232-094-6;232-094-6
Monoisotopic Mass
93.922747g/mol
Other Experimental
Slow heating releases chlorine @ 300 °C; attacks fused silica when melted; easily forms alcoholates and etherates; deliquencent crystals; at 100 °C loses 2 H₂O (17.7%); at 110 °C begins to lose some HCl; by strong ignition is converted into oxychloride.;Deliquescent;Heat of fusion: 34.3 kJ/mol; specific heat: 1.415 kJ/kg-K @ 48.6 °C, 1.537 kJ/kg-K @ 100 °C
Refractive Index
INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.675, 1.59
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