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Magnesium phosphate

Magnesium phosphate is a general term for salts of magnesium and phosphate appearing in several forms and several hydrates:Monomagnesium phosphate:   Mg(H2PO4)2·nH2O Dimagnesium phosphate:   Mg(HPO4)·nH2O Trimagnesium phosphate:   Mg3(PO4)2·nH2O

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Magnesium phosphate monobasic
Magnesium phosphate dibasic
Magnesium phosphate tribasic

Magnesium phosphate is a general term for salts of magnesium and phosphate appearing in several forms and several hydrates:1

Amorphous magnesium phosphate is also claimed.2

Trimagnesium phosphate. source ↗

Safety

Magnesium phosphates are listed on the U.S. FDA's Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) list of substances.3

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Klaus Schrödter; Gerhard Bettermann; Thomas Staffel; Friedrich Wahl; Thomas Klein; Thomas Hofmann (2012). "Phosphoric acid and phosphates". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_465.pub3. ISBN 978-3-527-30673-2.
  2. Babaie, Elham; Lin, Boren; Goel, Vijay K; Bhaduri, Sarit B (2016). "Evaluation of amorphous magnesium phosphate (AMP) based non-exothermic orthopedic cements". Biomedical Materials. 11 (5) 055010. Bibcode:2016BioMa..11e5010B. doi:10.1088/1748-6041/11/5/055010. PMID 27716636. S2CID 45055834.
  3. "Database of Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) Reviews". Archived from the original on May 21, 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
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