Definition of magnesium chloride
: a bitter deliquescent salt MgCl2 used especially as a source of magnesium metal
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Tuesday that crews were pretreating roads with brine and magnesium chloride and planning the deployment of spreaders, plows, and maintenance equipment.
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Transportation Bureau Director Leah Treat said the city's use of salt earlier in the week, its first of the season, had proven to be more effective than its other preferred deicer, liquid magnesium chloride.
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As temperatures dropped, Perez said crews mixed in magnesium chloride, via a product called MD-20 that is combined with the rock aggregate to speed the de-icing of roads.
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Materials including salt and magnesium chloride have been stockpiled at about 50 DOT satellite facilities around the state.
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First Known Use of magnesium chloride
1866
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magnesium chloride
medical Definition of magnesium chloride
: a bitter crystalline salt MgCl2 used especially to replenish body electrolytes
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