5674. Magnesium Nitrate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 10377-60-3
Nitric acid magnesium salt (2:1).
MgN2O6; mol wt 148.31.
Mg 16.39%, N 18.89%, O 64.73%.
Mg(NO3)2.

Description and references

Hydrated form occurs in nature as the mineral nitromagnesite. Thermal decompn studies of hexahydrate: F. Paulik et al., J. Therm. Anal. 34, 627 (1988).

Derivative

Hexahydrate.

Nomenclature

CAS number: 13446-18-9
MgN2O6.6H2O; mol wt 256.41.
Mg 9.48%, N 10.93%, O 74.88%, H 4.72%.

Properties

Colorless, clear, deliquesc crystals. d 1.464. mp 89°. Begins to boil at 147°. Sol in 0.8 part water; freely sol in alcohol. The aq soln is neutral. Oxidizer. Keep well closed.

Use

In pyrotechnics; in the concentration of nitric acid.