Magnesium Nitrate Hexahydrate
CAS No. 13446-18-9
Synonym: Magnesium Salt
Molecular Formula: Mg(NO
3)
2•6H
2O,
Molecular Weight:256.40
UN No.:1474
Physicochemical Properties: Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate is colorless crystal of monoclinic system, which is the most stable nitrate hydrates at room temperature. Specific Density: 1.461,Melting Point: 89°C(decomposition). It is soluble in water easily, and is able to dissolve in methanol and alcohol.
Applications and Usages: Magnesium Nitrate mainly used in concentrated nitric acid as dehydrator, in producing explosives, catalysts and other magnesium salts. In agriculture,magnesium nitrate can be water soluble fertilizer and foliar feeding.
Specification:
Indexes |
Special Grade |
FineChemical Grade |
Industrial Grade |
Agricultural Grade |
Mg(NO3)2·6H2O % |
≥ 98.0 |
≥ 98.0 |
≥ 98.0 |
≥ 98.0 |
Water insoluble % |
≤ 0.01 |
≤ 0.03 |
≤ 0.04 |
≤0.05 |
Chloride(Cl) % |
≤ 0.01 |
≤ 0.01 |
--- |
--- |
Sulfate(SO4) % |
≤ 0.02 |
≤ 0.03 |
--- |
--- |
Calcium(Ca) % |
≤ 0.1 |
≤ 0.2 |
--- |
--- |
Manganese(Mn) % |
≤ 0.005 |
≤ 0.005 |
--- |
--- |
Ferrum(Fe) % |
≤0.001 |
≤0.001 |
≤0.001 |
≤0.001 |
Arsenic(As) % |
≤ 0.0002 |
≤ 0.002 |
--- |
--- |
Barium(Ba) % |
≤ 0.005 |
≤ 0.01 |
--- |
--- |
Heavy metal content(based on Pb) % |
≤ 0.001 |
≤ 0.002 |
≤ 0.002 |
≤ 0.002 |
PH |
3-5 |
3.3-4.5(25%solution) |
3-5 |
3-5 |
Nitrogen Content (N ) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
≥ 10.7 |
Magnesium oxide Content ( MgO ) |
--- |
--- |
--- |
≥ 15 |
Packaging:25kg pp/pe bags or as customer`s required.