Magnesium Nitrate Hexahydrate

Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate is a hygroscopic salt which in air quickly turns into the hexahydrate form. The compound has been employed in the concentration of nitric acid through heating magnesium nitrate hexahydrate yielding magnesium oxide, oxygen, and nitrogen oxides.

CAS Number: 13446-18-9
UN Number: 1474
Hazard Class: 5.1
Packing Group: III
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