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magnesium carbonate

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white powder, MgCO 3 , insoluble in water and alcohol, soluble in acids, used in dentifrices and cosmetics, in medicine as an antacid, and as a refractory material.


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And last year the rover made it to the crater's margin in what used to be an enormous lake where it is exploring deposits of magnesium carbonate, which can form geologically or biologically from bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024

As previously noted, Morton Salt then, per the Smithsonian, "introduced magnesium carbonate ... which prevented caking and made it possible to pour salt from a sealed container."

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2022

And they are trying to encourage the growth of CO2-hungry magnesium carbonate crystals by dispersing tiny crystallites of a mineral in the tailings.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 3, 2020

Hard water develops naturally from the dissolution of calcium and magnesium carbonate minerals in soil; it does not have negative health effects in people.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

It may also contain calcium and magnesium carbonate and mineral jelly.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

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