magnesium carbonate
noun
: a carbonate of magnesium
especially
: a white crystalline salt MgCO3 that occurs naturally as dolomite and magnesite
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Airborne features magnesium in the forms of magnesium oxide and magnesium sulfate, while Emergen-C uses magnesium hydroxide and magnesium carbonate.
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Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
In fact, magnesium carbonate is a common ingredient alongside calcium in antacid supplements to help calm stomach acid and alleviate heartburn.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 24 Feb. 2024
Each teaspoon serving provides 350 mg of a blend of magnesium carbonate and chelate—85% Daily Value for magnesium.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
While both the carbonate and chelated forms of magnesium can boost your magnesium level, note that magnesium carbonate may have a laxative effect.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
The results suggested that as rain soaks into cracks in the ground, CO2 dissolved in the rainwater pairs up with magnesium atoms, forming magnesium carbonate veins, until the small amount of gas in the water quickly runs out.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
There, in a 33.5 meter tower, a CO2-rich flue gas mixed with seawater droplets to form the calcium and magnesium carbonates that would be the stuff of cement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2012
Normally, the reaction happens too slowly to be useful, but injecting carbon dioxide into the rock at high pressure would speed things up considerably; the formation of magnesium carbonate could cause the rock to expand and crack, with the increased surface area spurring the reaction to continue.
—Lindsey Konkel, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2010
Limestone in the mix keeps the pH neutral (ideal conditions for the majority of plants), thanks to a blend of calcium carbonate, and magnesium carbonate.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
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Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2024
In fact, magnesium carbonate is a common ingredient alongside calcium in antacid supplements to help calm stomach acid and alleviate heartburn.
—Casey Seiden, Parents, 24 Feb. 2024
Each teaspoon serving provides 350 mg of a blend of magnesium carbonate and chelate—85% Daily Value for magnesium.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
While both the carbonate and chelated forms of magnesium can boost your magnesium level, note that magnesium carbonate may have a laxative effect.
—Willow Jarosh, Ms, Rd, Health, 27 June 2023
The results suggested that as rain soaks into cracks in the ground, CO2 dissolved in the rainwater pairs up with magnesium atoms, forming magnesium carbonate veins, until the small amount of gas in the water quickly runs out.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2021
There, in a 33.5 meter tower, a CO2-rich flue gas mixed with seawater droplets to form the calcium and magnesium carbonates that would be the stuff of cement.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2012
Normally, the reaction happens too slowly to be useful, but injecting carbon dioxide into the rock at high pressure would speed things up considerably; the formation of magnesium carbonate could cause the rock to expand and crack, with the increased surface area spurring the reaction to continue.
—Lindsey Konkel, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2010
Limestone in the mix keeps the pH neutral (ideal conditions for the majority of plants), thanks to a blend of calcium carbonate, and magnesium carbonate.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
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