Magnesium Chloride - What Everyone Needs to Know!

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What are the most important properties of Magnesium Chloride please? What should everyone know about this compound? Are there any facts that are not commonly known about this substance? Please help by putting all of the known and important information below, thank you.

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People take milk of magnesia as an antacid for indigestion. The active ingredient is magnesium hydroxide. I know I've not mentioned magnesium chloride yet, but be patient.

As antacids hydroxides have an advantage over bicarbonates: when hydroxides neutralize acids, you don't get carbon dioxide formed, so you don't get a belching problem.

The trouble with using magnesium hydroxide to neutralize stomach acid, which is hydrochloric acid, is the product is magnesium chloride. Magnesium chloride is a purgative/laxative, so you might cure your indigestion at the expense of spending some time sitting in the lavatory.