Magnesium phosphate is a general term for
salts
In chemistry, a salt is a chemical compound consisting of an ionic assembly of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions, which results in a compound with no net electric charge. A common example is table salt, with positively c ...
of
magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 of the periodic ta ...
and
phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid .
The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phosph ...
appearing in several forms and several hydrates:
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Monomagnesium phosphate (Mg(H
2PO
4)
2)
.xH
2O
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Dimagnesium phosphate (MgHPO
4)
.xH
2O
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Trimagnesium phosphate (Mg
3(PO
4)
2)
.xH
2O
Amorphous magnesium phosphate is also claimed.
Safety
Magnesium phosphates are listed on the U.S. FDA's
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) list of substances.
See also
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Ammonium magnesium phosphate
References
External links
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Magnesium compounds
Phosphates
E-number additives
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