Crystal Prilled Form Anhydrous Monohydrate Heptahydrate Magnesium Sulfate

Magnesium Sulfate

I. Product features

Explore the properties, production, and diverse applications of magnesium sulfate in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Magnesium Sulfate: An Overview

Magnesium sulfate is a chemical compound with the formula _MgSO⁴. This compound is commonly referred to as Epsom salt due to its discovery in the Epsom springs of England. Magnesium sulfate is an inorganic salt and is a crucial component in a wide range of applications in various fields, from medicine to agriculture.

Physical and Chemical Properties

Magnesium sulfate is a white crystalline substance which can exist in several hydrated forms. The most common form of this compound is the heptahydrate form, expressed as _MgSO⁴•7H₂O. It is highly soluble in water, and its solutions are neutral, with a pH of approximately 7.
 

• Molecular Weight: The molecular weight of anhydrous magnesium sulfate is approximately 120.4 g/mol.
• Boiling Point: Magnesium sulfate decomposes upon heating before reaching its boiling point.
• Solubility: It is highly soluble in water and moderately soluble in ethanol.
• Appearance: It is often encountered as the heptahydrate sulfate mineral epsomite (MgSO₄•7H₂O), commonly called Epsom salt.

Magnesium sulfate can be produced through a few different methods. The most common method is through the reaction of sulfuric acid with magnesium carbonate or magnesium oxide.
 

The use of magnesium sulfate spans multiple industries. In the medical field, it is utilized for several therapeutic applications. Moreover, it is also essential in agriculture, where it is used as a fertilizer supplement to aid in plant growth.

• Medical Applications: Magnesium sulfate is primarily used as a laxative in medicine. It is also used to prevent seizures in women with preeclampsia, a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication.
• Agriculture: As a supplement to fertilizers, magnesium sulfate provides magnesium, which is an essential nutrient for plants.

Moreover, in industries, magnesium sulfate is used in the production of several consumer goods. It is found in bath salts and beauty products due to its skin softening properties. In the food industry, it serves as a brewing salt in beer production and as a coagulant in making tofu.

Industrial Applications

Beyond the medical and agricultural fields, magnesium sulfate has a variety of industrial uses. It is utilized as a laboratory reagent in various chemical reactions. In the manufacturing industry, it is used as a filler in the production of cement. In addition, due to its ability to absorb water, magnesium sulfate is often used as a drying agent.

• Chemical Reagent: Magnesium sulfate is an important compound in several chemical reactions, often serving as a drying agent in organic synthesis.
• Manufacturing: It is used as a filler material in the production of cement. It enhances the strength and durability of the cement.
• Drying Agent: It is used as a desiccant for drying organic solvents due to its high affinity for water.

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• Products and production capacity: The company has a "one hospital and two divisions" R&D and trade base in Wuhan; It has three production bases in Zhongxiang City and Xiaogan City. Mainly engaged in the production and sales of nitric acid, ammonium nitrate, synthetic ammonia, nitro compound fertilizer, urine-based compound fertilizer, microbial ecological fertilizer and other chemical products. It has a total of 300, 000 tons/year of nitric acid, 360, 000 tons/year of ammonium nitrate, 400, 000 tons/year of nitro compound fertilizer, 300, 000 tons/year of urine-based compound fertilizer, 200, 000 tons/year of synthetic ammonia, 100, 000 tons/year of microbial ecological special fertilizer, 100, 000 tons/year of carbon dioxide, etc.

  

  
  

  

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Kailong chuxing chemical group is one of the top 10 Ammonium nitrate production enterprises in China and one of the top 500 fertilizer enterprises in China, Our annual total output is more than 1 million tons, and three high towers are used to produce porous Ammonium nitrate and compound fertilizer. 
At the same time, we have also signed special product research and development contracts with various universities in Wuhan to better upgrade our products, help increase production in agriculture, reduce crop diseases and pests, and so on

One of several institutions with national ammonium nitrate production qualifications, the nitrate sulfur based composite fertilizer comes from high-quality ammonium nitrate and can provide SGS professional testing reports for the product.

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