Promotional price valid on web orders only. Your contract pricing may differ. Interested in signing up for a dedicated account number?
Learn More
  1. Home
  2. Products
  3. Chemicals
  4. Salts and Inorganics
  5. Inorganic Salts
  6. Alkaline Earth Metal Salts
  7. Magnesium Oxide (Heavy Powder/USP/FCC), Fisher Chemical™

Magnesium Oxide (Heavy Powder/USP/FCC), Fisher Chemical™

Catalog No. M68500 Shop All Fisherbrand Products
Click to view available options
Quantity:
500 g
3 kg
Packaging:
Poly Bottle
Poly Pail

Chemical Identifiers

CAS 1309-48-4
Molecular Formula MgO
Molecular Weight (g/mol) 40.30
MDL Number MFCD00011109
InChI Key CPLXHLVBOLITMK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Synonym magnesium oxide, magnesia, seawater magnesia, causmag, granmag, maglite, periclase, seasorb, animag
PubChem CID 14792
IUPAC Name oxomagnesium
SMILES O=[Mg]

Specifications

Boiling Point 3600°C
Melting Point 2800°C
Color White
pH 10.3
Physical Form Powder/Solid
Quantity 500 g
Formula Weight 40.3
Percent Purity 96.0 to 100.5% (USP)
Grade FCC/USP
Identification Pass Test (FCC), Pass Test (FCC/USP), Pass Test (USP)
Loss on Ignition 10.0% max. (FCC), 10.0% max. (FCC/USP), 10.0% max. (USP)
Packaging Poly Bottle
Vapor Pressure 0 hPa at 20°C
Density 3.580g/cm³
Chemical Name or Material Magnesium Oxide
Show More Show Less

Safety and Handling

Hazard Category Signal Word: CAUTION!
Precautionary Statement Emergency Overview
May cause eye, skin and respiratory tract irritation.
NFPA
Health: 1
Flammability: 0
Instability: 1
Product Content Correction

Your input is important to us. Please complete this form to provide feedback related to the content on this product.

Product Title

By clicking Submit, you acknowledge that you may be contacted by Fisher Scientific in regards to the feedback you have provided in this form. We will not share your information for any other purposes. All contact information provided shall also be maintained in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Your feedback has been submitted: Thank you for helping us improve our website.