Magnesium oxide.
[Middle English, mineral ingredient of the philosophers' stone, from Medieval Latin magnēsia, from Greek magnēsiā, a kind of ore, from Magnēsiā, Magnesia, an ancient city of Asia Minor.]
magnesian mag·ne'sian adj.
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Magnesium oxide.
Magnesium oxide.
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A fine white powder of magnesium oxide; gives brick a yellow tint.
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magnesia, common name for the chemical compound magnesium oxide, MgO. It occurs as colorless, cubic crystals. It is refractory, melting at about 2,800°C. It is very slightly soluble in pure water but is soluble in acids and solutions of ammonium salts. The magnesia of commerce is a fine white powder used in soaps, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and as a filler in rubber goods. Magnesia is used to make crucibles and other ceramic goods. Crude magnesia is prepared by roasting dolomite (calcium magnesium double carbonate) or magnesite (magnesium carbonate). Pure magnesia is prepared by refining the crude product. Magnesia is also extracted from seawater. It occurs in nature as the mineral periclase.
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Magnesium oxide; aperient and antacid.
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Places
- Magnesia, deriving from the Macedonian tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly in central Greece.
- Magnesia was also the name of two cities in ancient Lydia (modern Turkey) founded by Greek Magnesians.
- One of them, Magnesia ad Sipylum is famous as the site of the Battle of Magnesia. Its ruins lie close to present day Manisa.
- The other was Magnesia ad Maeandrum which lay within Ionia, but because it had been settled by Aeolians from Magnesia of Greece, was not accepted into the Ionian League.
- In philosophy, Plato in his work Laws described a mythical city-state called Magnesia in which all aspects of life were codified in law.
Substances
- In geology, magnesia is a natural form of magnesium oxide, also called periclase.
- In alchemy and early chemistry, magnesia alba was the name for an indefinite hydrated mixture of magnesium hydroxide and magnesium carbonate.
- In chemistry, magnesia could refer to magnesium oxide.
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