Input interpretation
magnesium chloride hexahydrate
Chemical names and formulas
formula | MgCl_2·6H_2O Hill formula | Cl_2H_12MgO_6 name | magnesium chloride hexahydrate IUPAC name | magnesium dichloride hexahydrate alternate names | magnesium dichloride hexahydrate mass fractions | Cl (chlorine) 34.9% | H (hydrogen) 5.95% | Mg (magnesium) 12% | O (oxygen) 47.2%
Structure diagram
Structure diagram
Basic properties
molar mass | 203.3 g/mol solubility in water | soluble
Units
Thermodynamic properties
molar heat of fusion | 33.9 kJ/mol specific heat of fusion | 0.1668 kJ/g (at STP)
Chemical identifiers
![CAS number | 7791-18-6 PubChem CID number | 643991 SMILES identifier | O.O.O.O.O.O.[Mg+2].[Cl-].[Cl-] InChI identifier | InChI=1/2ClH.Mg.6H2O/h2*1H;;6*1H2/q;;+2;;;;;;/p-2/f2Cl.Mg.6H2O/h2*1h;;;;;;;/q2*-1;m;;;;;; RTECS number | OM2975000 MDL number | MFCD00149781](../image_source/cb8caec2f806e2a942068ff001e0e8bc.png)
CAS number | 7791-18-6 PubChem CID number | 643991 SMILES identifier | O.O.O.O.O.O.[Mg+2].[Cl-].[Cl-] InChI identifier | InChI=1/2ClH.Mg.6H2O/h2*1H;;6*1H2/q;;+2;;;;;;/p-2/f2Cl.Mg.6H2O/h2*1h;;;;;;;/q2*-1;m;;;;;; RTECS number | OM2975000 MDL number | MFCD00149781
Toxicity properties
lethal dosage | 8100 mg/kg (oral dose for rats)
probable lethal dose for man | 1 L (liter)
Ion equivalents
Mg^(2+) (magnesium cation) | 1 Cl^- (chloride anion) | 2