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magnesium chloride
noun
: a bitter deliquescent salt MgCl2 used especially as a source of magnesium metal
Examples of magnesium chloride in a Sentence
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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 16 Jun. 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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