How to Use magnesium chloride in a Sentence
magnesium chloride
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The pellets are made from magnesium chloride that’s been harvested from the Dead Sea.
— Chris Hachey, BGR, 11 June 2021 -
This is made from 100% magnesium chloride and won’t burn or irritate your pets’ paws.
— Chris Hachey, BGR, 11 June 2021 -
To knock cephalopods out, most researchers use either magnesium chloride or ethanol.
— Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 5 Apr. 2018 -
Customs and Border Protection did not confirm this, but the Dunns said their livestock have been licking the roads; magnesium chloride has a salty taste.
— Erin Stone, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020 -
More than 1,000 Amazon reviewers opt to use this ice melt from Green Gobbler, which uses pet-safe magnesium chloride to melt ice.
— Courtney Campbell, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2020 -
The firm uses solar evaporation to harvest sulfate of potash, salt and magnesium chloride from the lake’s brine.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 -
As temperatures dropped, Perez said crews mixed in magnesium chloride, via a product called MD-20 that is combined with the rock aggregate to speed the de-icing of roads.
— Dug Begley, Houston Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2018 -
The mine also expected to extract salt and magnesium chloride.
— Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2020 -
Berheim said salt is very valuable but that its importance should be kept in the proper perspective and that it is used with options like sanding rock and magnesium chloride to keep snow and ice off roads.
— Dick Mason, oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022 -
This summer, Road Solutions applied magnesium chloride to 45 miles of dirt roads across Kane County.
— Joan Meiners, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2021 -
It’s also found in natural silicates and in magnesium chloride is present in seawater, brine, and salt wells.
— Alyssa Edwards, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022 -
Joo chooses a combination of magnesium chloride and sea salt.
— Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2021 -
Transportation Bureau Director Leah Treat said the city's use of salt earlier in the week, its first of the season, had proven to be more effective than its other preferred deicer, liquid magnesium chloride.
— Elliot Njus, OregonLive.com, 20 Feb. 2018 -
The element appears to be the only ‘basic’ material of which the supply is inexhaustible: one cubic mile of sea water contains 9.2 billion pounds of metal in the form of magnesium chloride.
— Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2020 -
But beet juice can upset the balance of nutrients in wetlands while the other salt alternatives like magnesium chloride and calcium chloride can also cause a bevy of problems, Relyea says.
— Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2022 -
Materials including salt and magnesium chloride have been stockpiled at about 50 DOT satellite facilities around the state.
— Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 8 Dec. 2017 -
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said Tuesday that crews were pretreating roads with brine and magnesium chloride and planning the deployment of spreaders, plows, and maintenance equipment.
— Sean Smyth, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018 -
By combining the starch with salt and magnesium chloride taken either from Martian soil or even astronauts’ own tears, StarCrete strength increased dramatically, and could even be baked at normal microwave- or home-oven temperatures.
— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Other chemical cousins, such as calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium chloride, are also used.
— Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2021 -
Minerals obtained today are used for road and softener salt, magnesium chloride for steel production, and potassium sulfate for fertilizer.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 May 2022 -
Water is drawn from the Las Vegas-area municipal supply, according to the complaint, filtered and processed with potassium hydroxide, or lye, the chemical potassium bicarbonate and magnesium chloride, a salt.
— Ken Ritter, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2021 -
Depending on the coagulant used during production, like magnesium chloride (called nigari) or calcium sulfate, tofu supplies good amounts of these minerals, too.
— Matthew Kadey, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2022 -
But unless an individual’s goal is to relieve constipation, they most likely would be better suited with a different form of magnesium, like magnesium citrate and magnesium chloride.
— Julia Landwehr, Health, 27 Feb. 2023 -
To minimize the risk of ice melts, look for pet-friendly varieties, which typically contain urea as a substitute for harmful chemicals, such as sodium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, ethylene glycol, and magnesium chloride.
— Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2021 -
Magnesium chloride hexahydrate, which is extracted from seawater, and the dehydrated form known simply as magnesium chloride are commonly used in creams, lotions, and oils due to water solubility, Villegas explained.
— Kaitlin Vogel, Health, 6 Sep. 2023 -
For example, magnesium citrate can promote bowel movement to address constipation, while magnesium chloride can help manage gastrointestinal issues and reduce blood pressure.
— Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Documents say the commercial product is drawn from the Las Vegas-area municipal water supply, filtered and processed with potassium hydroxide, commonly called lye, the chemical potassium bicarbonate and a mineral salt, magnesium chloride.
— Ken Ritter, ajc, 21 May 2021 -
Compass Minerals produces salt, plant nutrients and magnesium chloride for application primarily in North America.
— Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
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