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Definition of Magnesium oxide
1. Noun. A white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium.
Terms within: Atomic Number 12, Magnesium, Mg
Generic synonyms: Mineral
Definition of Magnesium oxide
1. Noun. (inorganic compound) A white powder (MgO) with a high melting point; it occurs naturally as periclase, an ore of magnesium. ¹
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Medical Definition of Magnesium oxide
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnesium Oxide
Literary usage of Magnesium oxide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"magnesium oxide is almost insoluble in water; insoluble in alcohol; ... A solution
of magnesium oxide in diluted hydrochloric acid, ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1903)
"The "totals" for magnesium oxide were redissolved by hydrochloric acid in ...
The "filtrates" for magnesium oxide and chlorine were analyzed in the same ..."
3. Standard Methods of Chemical Analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1922)
"Digest the residue, composed of the excess of mercuric oxide, the precipitated
magnesium oxide, and the alkali chlorides, with a small amount of hot water, ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"In a similar manner, but with more difficulty, minute transparent cubes of
magnesium oxide may be prepared from the amorphous substance. ..."
5. Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1912)
"The basicity of magnesium oxide constitutes a link with the alkaline earth metals
which have just been described. The metals of this group, however. do not ..."
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