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Magnisium Sulphate

Magnesium sulfate is a crystalline solid with a white appearance and bitter taste. It is odorless and soluble in water. Magnesium sulfate can be prepared from magnesium oxide or magnesium carbonate through reactions with sulfuric acid. It has various agricultural, industrial, and medical uses such as a fertilizer, brewing agent, coagulant, desiccant, and laxative or seizure control. It is produced commercially by several companies in India.

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Magnisium Sulphate

Magnesium sulfate is a crystalline solid with a white appearance and bitter taste. It is odorless and soluble in water. Magnesium sulfate can be prepared from magnesium oxide or magnesium carbonate through reactions with sulfuric acid. It has various agricultural, industrial, and medical uses such as a fertilizer, brewing agent, coagulant, desiccant, and laxative or seizure control. It is produced commercially by several companies in India.

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MAGNESIUM SULPHATE

(MgSO₄)
• It is also known as Sulfuric acid magnesium salt or
Magnesium sulfate anhydrous.
• Magnesium sulfate is a crystalline solid that has a white
appearance and is odourless.
Properties

MgSO4 Magnesium sulfate


Molecular Weight/ Molar 120.366 g/mol
Mass
Density Anhydrous: 2.66 g/cm3
Taste Bitter taste, Saline
Melting Point 1,124 °C

 It is an odourless salt.
 Magnesium sulphate salt is soluble in water
Preparation of magnesium sulphate

• Magnesium sulfate is a complex fertiliser. This simple salt is a source of two nutrients – magnesium
and sulfur.
• Magnesium sulfate occurs naturally as the mineral kieserite, MgSO4.H2O. This is dissolved in water
and the purified sulfate is obtained by crystallisation from solution. Industrially, the crystals are
centrifuged, dried and sieved. It is also prepared from magnesium oxide. This is obtained by the
thermal decomposition of magnesium hydroxide (obtained from sea water):
Mg(OH)2(s) MgO(s) + H2O(g)
• magnesium carbonate (from the ore magnesite):
MgCO3(s) MgO(s) + CO2(g)
• In either case, the oxide is reacted with sulfuric acid to produce magnesium sulphate:
MgO(s) + H2SO4(aq) MgSO4(aq)
Application

• It is used in agriculture to increase the magnesium and sulphur content in the


soil.
• It is used in making beer as a brewing salt.
• It is used as a coagulant to make tofu.
• It is used in organic synthesis as a desiccant.
• Consumption of magnesium sulfate orally as osmotic purgative or saline laxative.
• Medically it is used in iv (intravenously) to control seizures in pregnant women.
Generator

1. Gujarat Agri Chem Industries Pvt Ltd M-12, Old Satyam Cinema Street, Kalol, Kalol-
Gandhinagar-Gujarat - 382721 (B/h. Mahindra Mill, Metro Compound)
2. AMOEBA PRODUCTS & FERTILIZER No 178, Kamani Steel, Morbi Road, Rajkot – 360003
3. Sulfozyme Agro INDIA Pvt Ltd Plot No 58 to 63, Dared, Jamnagar - 361004 (Near Ashok
Laylend Phase 2)
4. Atharv Chemicals and Fertilizers Pvt Ltd Plot No.133, Gala No.7, Ekta Industrial Estate,
Nashik Road, Vapi Industrial Estate, Vapi – 396195
5. Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd Fertilizer Nagar, Vadodara – 391750
6. Gujarat Aksha Fertilizer C 11, Golden Point, Jinpara Main Road, National Highway 8/A,
Morbi Ho, Morbi - 363641 (Wankaner)

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