Found some magnesium chloride it is made by Sel Warwick i looked it has cas# 7786-30-3 , i looked that up and it says it is 99% Magnesium chloride Anhydrous , not hexahydrate can i use it there was sticker on it saying mag flake on it as well not sure if that is were it from and just repackaged or what?
found magnesium chloride
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Emailed them and found it to be from Nedmag Industries mining and manufacturing from the netherlands and says Hexahydrate minimun assay of 46%??? what does this mean do i mix the same equivalent as randy's 2 part still 5 cups of chloride to 3 cups of sulphate?
DESCRIPTION This Magnesium Chloride is a white flake product which is a hexahydrate with a minimum assay of 46%
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Composant Units Typical Specification Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2 ) % 47 46-48 max Sodium Chloride (NaCl) % 1 2 max.. Potassium (KCI) % 1 2 max Humidity Calcium (Ca) % 3 4 max
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES Composant Units Typical Specification Magnesium Chloride (MgCl2 ) % 47 46-48 max Sodium Chloride (NaCl) % 1 2 max.. Potassium (KCI) % 1 2 max Humidity Calcium (Ca) % 3 4 max
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Flippers4pups
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Hopefully randy will answer this one as I'm on the hunt for bulk as well. If I can find it in bulk, then it's going to be BRS.
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It means nothing about purity. It is not 100% because of the 6 water molecules in the hexahydrate.
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You can certainly use anhydrous magnesium chloride, if it is adequately pure.
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Randy, is it common to see TDS sheets on these kinds of products? Sds is common, but TDS seem rare.
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Aside from MSDS sheets required by law, any other data is up the the manufacturer, and the cheaper the product the less will be the data, typically.
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I still do not know anything about whether it is adequately pure.
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No, that is just the main components required by law. No data is listed for ammonia, copper, etc., but that doesn't mean none is there.
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I've seen some like randy said that have in their TDS sheets that list percentages of heavy metals, copper, ammonia....etc.
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I would guess BRS wouldn't give up a TDS on theirs?
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Not sure what they will provide, but they state:
"BRS Bulk Magnesium Chloride is produced using only the best pharmaceutical grade material available "
which is a strong assurance about levels of things like heavy metals which are limited by that grade.
Does anyone wich mine BRS gets there mag from? i found a site that shows all the mag from around the world an there composition, page 627
Isreal is 99.3%
netherlands 98.5
https://books.google.ca/books?id=zN...ved=0ahUKEwi6s9Ou16vQAhUUVWMKHUfECvoQ6AEIQzAG
Isreal is 99.3%
netherlands 98.5
https://books.google.ca/books?id=zN...ved=0ahUKEwi6s9Ou16vQAhUUVWMKHUfECvoQ6AEIQzAG
