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{| class="toccolours" border="1" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;"! | Magnesium chloride |-| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | |-! | General|-| IUPAC nomenclature| Magnesium chloride|-| Chemical formula| MgCl2 (anhydrous)
MgCl2.6H2O (hexahydrate)|-| Molar mass| (anhydrous)
(hexahydrate)|-! | Properties|-| [Density and
Phase (matter)| 2.32 g/cm³ (anhydrous solid)
1.56 g/cm³ (hexahydrate solid)|-| Solubility in
Water (molecule)| 54.2 g/100 cm³ (20 °C)|-| Solubility in ethanol| 714 °C (987 K)|-| [Boiling point| (octahedral, 6-coordinate)|-| [Crystal structure|-| [Hydrates| [Wikisource:Magnesium chloride MSDS|-| Main Worker safety and healths| irritant|-| NFPA 704| [List of R-phrases: none
List of S-phrases: 22-24/25|-|
RTECS number]|-|
Magnesium chloride (data page)#Thermodynamic properties| Phase behaviour
Solid, liquid, gas|-! | Related compounds|-| Other Ions| Magnesium fluoride
Magnesium bromide Magnesium iodides| [beryllium chloride
calcium chloride
[wikipedia:Chemical infobox|-|}
Magnesium chloride is the name for the
chemical compounds with the chemical formulas MgCl2 and its various water of hydrations MgCl2(H2O)x. These salts are typical ionic halides, being highly soluble in water. The hydrated magnesium chloride can be extracted from brine or
sea water. Anhydrous magnesium chloride is the principal precursor to magnesium metal, which is produced on a large scale.
Structure, preparation, basic properties
MgCl2 crystallizes in the cadmium chloride motif, which features octahedral Mg. A variety of hydrates are known with the formula MgCl2(H2O)x, and each loses water with increasing temperature: x = 12 (-16.4 °C), 8 (-3.4 °C), 6 (116.7 °C), 4 (181 °C), 2 (ca. 300 °C).Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. "Inorganic Chemistry" Academic Press: San Diego, 2001. ISBN 0-12-352651-5. In the hexahydrate, the Mg2+ remains Octahedral molecular geometry, but is coordinated to six water ligands.Wells, A. F. (1984) Structural Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-855370-6.
As suggested by the existence of several hydrates, anhydrous MgCl2 is a Lewis acid, although a relatively weak one.
In the Dow process, magnesium chloride is regenerated from magnesium hydroxide using
hydrochloric acid:
Magnesium hydroxide(solid) + 2 HCl → MgCl2(aq) + 2
water(
liquid)
It can also be prepared from magnesium carbonate by a similar reaction.
In most of its derivatives, MgCl2 forms octahedral complexes. Derivatives with tetrahedral Mg2+ are less common. Examples include salts of (tetraethylammonium)2MgCl4 and
adducts such as MgCl2(TMEDA.N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw,
Chemistry of the Elements, Pergamon Press, 1984.
Applications
Magnesium chloride serves as precursor to other magnesium compounds, for example by precipitation:
MgCl2(
aqueous) +
calcium hydroxide(aq) →
magnesium hydroxide(
solid) +
calcium chloride(aq)
It can be
electrolysis to give magnesium metal:Hill, Petrucci, McCreary, Perry, "General Chemistry", 4th ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA.
MgCl2(liquid) → Mg(
liquid) + Cl2(
gas)
This process is practiced on a substantial scale: In 1990, US production was around one million
tonnes, with a bulk price around $180 per tonne.
The thermal dehydration of the hydrates MgCl2(H2O)x (x = 6, 12) does not occur straightforwardly.see notes in Rieke, R. D.; Bales, S. E.; Hudnall, P. M.; Burns, T. P.; Poindexter, G S. “Highly Reactive Magnesium for the Preparation of Grignard Reagents: 1-Norbornane Acid” Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 6, p.845 (1988). http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV6P0845.pdf
Magnesium chloride is used for a variety of other applications besides the production of magnesium: the manufacture of
textiles, paper, fireproofing,
cements and refrigeration brine, and dust and erosion control. Mixed with hydrated magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride forms a hard material called
Sorel cement. Magnesium chloride is also used as a reaction component in Polymerase Chain Reaction, a procedure used to amplify DNA fragments.
Culinary use
Magnesium chloride is an important coagulant used in the preparation of tofu from
soy milk. In Japan it is sold as
nigari (the term is derived from the Japanese word for "bitter"), a white powder produced from seawater after the sodium chloride has been removed, and the water evaporated. Nigari consists mostly of magnesium chloride, with some magnesium sulfate and other trace elements.
Use as an anti-icer
A number of state highway departments throughout the United States have decreased the use of
rock salt and sand on roadways and have increased the use of liquid magnesium chloride as a de-icer or anti-icer. Magnesium chloride is much less toxic to plant life surrounding highways and airports, and is less corrosive to concrete and steel (and other iron alloys) than sodium chloride. The liquid magnesium chloride is sprayed on dry pavement (tarmac) prior to precipitation or wet pavement prior to freezing temperatures in the winter months to prevent snow and ice from adhering and bonding to the roadway. The application of anti-icers is utilized in an effort to improve highway safety. Magnesium chloride is also sold in crystal form for household and business use to de-ice sidewalks and driveways. In these applications, the compound is applied after precipitation has fallen or ice has formed, instead of previously.
The use of this compound seems to show an improvement in driving conditions during and after freezing precipitation yet it seems to be negatively affecting electric utilities. Two main issues have been raised regarding the anti-icer magnesium chloride as it relates to electric utilities: contamination of insulators causing tracking and arcing across them, and corrosion of steel and
aluminium poles and pole hardware.
Use in dust and erosion control
Road departments and private industry may apply liquid or powdered magnesium chloride to control dust and erosion on unimproved (dirt or gravel) roads and dusty job sites such as quarries. Its
hygroscopy makes it absorb moisture from the air, controlling the number of small particles which become airborne. Similarly, owners of indoor arenas (e.g. for horse riding) may apply magnesium chloride to sand or other floor materials to control dust.
Use in hydrogen storage
Magnesium chloride has shown promise as a storage material for hydrogen.
Ammonia, which is rich in hydrogen atoms, is used as an intermediate storage material. Ammonia can be effectively absorbed onto solid magnesium chloride, forming Mg(NH3)6Cl2. Ammonia is released by mild heat, and is then passed through a catalyst to give hydrogen gas.
References
- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 71st edition, CRC Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990.
External links
- Magnesium Chloride as a De-Icing Agent
{| class="toccolours" border="1" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse;"! | Magnesium chloride |-| align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | |-! | General|-| IUPAC nomenclature| Magnesium chloride|-|
Chemical formula| MgCl2 (anhydrous)
MgCl2.6H2O (hexahydrate)|-| Molar mass| (anhydrous)
(hexahydrate)|-! | Properties|-| [Density and Phase (matter)| 2.32 g/cm³ (anhydrous solid)
1.56 g/cm³ (hexahydrate solid)|-| Solubility in
Water (molecule)| 54.2 g/100 cm³ (20 °C)|-|
Solubility in
ethanol| 714 °C (987 K)|-| [Boiling point| (octahedral, 6-coordinate)|-| [Crystal structure|-| [Hydrates| [Wikisource:Magnesium chloride MSDS|-| Main
Worker safety and healths| irritant|-| NFPA 704| [List of R-phrases: none
List of S-phrases: 22-24/25|-| RTECS number]|-| Magnesium chloride (data page)#Thermodynamic properties| Phase behaviour
Solid, liquid, gas|-! | Related compounds|-| Other
Ions|
Magnesium fluoride Magnesium bromide Magnesium iodides| [beryllium chloridecalcium chloride
[wikipedia:Chemical infobox|-|}
Magnesium chloride is the name for the chemical compounds with the chemical formulas MgCl2 and its various water of hydrations MgCl2(H2O)x. These salts are typical ionic halides, being highly soluble in water. The hydrated magnesium chloride can be extracted from brine or
sea water.
Anhydrous magnesium chloride is the principal precursor to magnesium metal, which is produced on a large scale.
Structure, preparation, basic properties
MgCl2 crystallizes in the cadmium chloride motif, which features octahedral Mg. A variety of hydrates are known with the formula MgCl2(H2O)x, and each loses water with increasing temperature: x = 12 (-16.4 °C), 8 (-3.4 °C), 6 (116.7 °C), 4 (181 °C), 2 (ca. 300 °C).Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. "Inorganic Chemistry" Academic Press: San Diego, 2001. ISBN 0-12-352651-5. In the hexahydrate, the Mg2+ remains Octahedral molecular geometry, but is coordinated to six water ligands.Wells, A. F. (1984) Structural Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0-19-855370-6.
As suggested by the existence of several hydrates, anhydrous MgCl2 is a Lewis acid, although a relatively weak one.
In the
Dow process, magnesium chloride is regenerated from magnesium hydroxide using
hydrochloric acid:
Magnesium hydroxide(solid) + 2 HCl → MgCl2(aq) + 2 water(liquid)
It can also be prepared from magnesium carbonate by a similar reaction.
In most of its derivatives, MgCl2 forms octahedral complexes. Derivatives with tetrahedral Mg2+ are less common. Examples include salts of (tetraethylammonium)2MgCl4 and
adducts such as MgCl2(
TMEDA.N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw,
Chemistry of the Elements, Pergamon Press, 1984.
Applications
Magnesium chloride serves as precursor to other magnesium compounds, for example by precipitation:
MgCl2(aqueous) +
calcium hydroxide(aq) → magnesium hydroxide(
solid) +
calcium chloride(aq)
It can be electrolysis to give magnesium metal:Hill, Petrucci, McCreary, Perry, "General Chemistry", 4th ed., Pearson/Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA.
MgCl2(liquid) → Mg(liquid) + Cl2(gas)
This process is practiced on a substantial scale: In 1990, US production was around one million tonnes, with a bulk price around $180 per tonne.
The thermal dehydration of the hydrates MgCl2(H2O)x (x = 6, 12) does not occur straightforwardly.see notes in Rieke, R. D.; Bales, S. E.; Hudnall, P. M.; Burns, T. P.; Poindexter, G S. “Highly Reactive Magnesium for the Preparation of Grignard Reagents: 1-Norbornane Acid” Organic Syntheses, Collected Volume 6, p.845 (1988). http://www.orgsyn.org/orgsyn/pdfs/CV6P0845.pdf
Magnesium chloride is used for a variety of other applications besides the production of magnesium: the manufacture of
textiles,
paper,
fireproofing, cements and
refrigeration brine, and dust and erosion control. Mixed with hydrated magnesium oxide, magnesium chloride forms a hard material called
Sorel cement. Magnesium chloride is also used as a reaction component in Polymerase Chain Reaction, a procedure used to amplify DNA fragments.
Culinary use
Magnesium chloride is an important coagulant used in the preparation of
tofu from soy milk. In Japan it is sold as
nigari (the term is derived from the Japanese word for "bitter"), a white powder produced from seawater after the sodium chloride has been removed, and the water evaporated. Nigari consists mostly of magnesium chloride, with some magnesium sulfate and other trace elements.
Use as an anti-icer
A number of state highway departments throughout the United States have decreased the use of
rock salt and sand on roadways and have increased the use of liquid magnesium chloride as a de-icer or anti-icer. Magnesium chloride is much less toxic to plant life surrounding highways and airports, and is less corrosive to concrete and steel (and other iron alloys) than sodium chloride. The liquid magnesium chloride is sprayed on dry pavement (tarmac) prior to precipitation or wet pavement prior to freezing temperatures in the winter months to prevent snow and ice from adhering and bonding to the roadway. The application of anti-icers is utilized in an effort to improve highway safety. Magnesium chloride is also sold in crystal form for household and business use to de-ice sidewalks and driveways. In these applications, the compound is applied after precipitation has fallen or ice has formed, instead of previously.
The use of this compound seems to show an improvement in driving conditions during and after freezing precipitation yet it seems to be negatively affecting electric utilities. Two main issues have been raised regarding the anti-icer magnesium chloride as it relates to electric utilities: contamination of insulators causing tracking and arcing across them, and corrosion of steel and
aluminium poles and pole hardware.
Use in dust and erosion control
Road departments and private industry may apply liquid or powdered magnesium chloride to control dust and erosion on unimproved (dirt or gravel) roads and dusty job sites such as quarries. Its hygroscopy makes it absorb moisture from the air, controlling the number of small particles which become airborne. Similarly, owners of indoor arenas (e.g. for horse riding) may apply magnesium chloride to sand or other floor materials to control dust.
Use in hydrogen storage
Magnesium chloride has shown promise as a storage material for
hydrogen.
Ammonia, which is rich in hydrogen atoms, is used as an intermediate storage material. Ammonia can be effectively absorbed onto solid magnesium chloride, forming Mg(NH3)6Cl2. Ammonia is released by mild heat, and is then passed through a catalyst to give hydrogen gas.
References
- Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 71st edition, CRC Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990.
External links
- Magnesium Chloride as a De-Icing Agent
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