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Frequently asked about Magnesium, Magnesium oil, Magnesium flakes, Magnesiumbalance and applications
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Can I make Magnesium oil by adding water to Magnesiumchloride flakes?
Our analists were performing tests and this is their conclusion:
We can not recommend using flakes as a basis for making high concentrated magnesiumoil. The flakes are produced by an evaporating process. The brine from the source is heated up to approximately 160 C and the water is evaporated till a concentration of 47% of magnesium chloride is reached. This concentration represents the right proportions to get magnesium chloride hexahydrate [ MgCl2 .6(H2O) ] which gives a stable flake or pellet after crystallization on a cooling-belt. Due to heating for evaporation a very small amount of MgCl2 will decompose to MgOHCl (magnesium hydroxide chloride), MgCO3 (magnesium carbonate) and some HCl (hydrochloric acid) in the vapor stream, on parts per million level. These products are responsible for the white haze that can be seen after dissolving the flakes. These products are not hazardous but are products of the necessary production step to get flakes. For applications up to 5%, such as bath applications (approx 2-8 kg in a bath) the flakes are perfect.
For topical applications with higher concentrations, we recommend the pure natural magnesiumoil straight from the source without any heat treatment. This magnesium oil is especially selected for this application and is secured by the Zechstein Inside ® batch protocol.
How much Magnesium contains 1 teaspoon of (MgCl2 -) Magnesium flakes?
1 gram of MgCl2 contains ca. 250 milligrams of Mg2+
Flakes contain 47% MgCl2 and hydrated water, so:
1 gram of flakes contains ca. 120 milligrams of Mg2+
a teaspoon of flakes equals about 400 mg of magnesium.
How much Magnesium contains 1 teaspoon of (MgCl2 -) Magnesium oil?
1 gram of MgCl2 contains ca. 250 milligrams of Mg2+
Magnesium oil contains 31% MgCl2 and water, so:
1 gram of magnesium oil contains ca. 77 milligrams of Mg2+
a teaspoon of magnesium oil equals about 400 mg of magnesium.
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