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Canada Chemical is one of the Magnesium sulfate manufacturers, exporters, and suppliers in Vancouver, Montreal ,Quebec, Ontario, Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa Canada. We are supplied to various industrial markets including Household, Institutional Cleaning, Personal Care, and Industrial sectors including Oil fields, chemical, Animal feed additive, Food additive, Agrochemical, Fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, water treatment, Minerals, Lubricants, Marine Industry, Metal Working chemical industry, and Coatings markets.


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Magnesium sulfate or magnesium sulphate (in British English) is a chemical compound, a salt with the formula MgSO4, consisting of magnesium cations Mg2+(20.19% by mass) and sulfate anions SO2−4. It is a white crystalline solid, soluble in water but not in ethanol.

CAS Number    

7487-88-9 (anhydrous) 
14168-73-1 (monohydrate) 
24378-31-2 (tetrahydrate)
15553-21-6 (pentahydrate)
13778-97-7 (hexahydrate) 
10034-99-8 (heptahydrate)


It occurs as a colourless to white crystalline solid or opaque powder. It has no odour and has a bitter taste or saline taste. It dissolves in water, glycerin, ether, alcohols, and glycerol. It does not dissolve in acetone. It can be prepared commercially by the chemical reaction of sulfuric acid with either magnesium hydroxide or magnesium oxide, and magnesium carbonate.

Magnesium sulfate is usually encountered in the form of a hydrate MgSO4·nH2O, for various values of n between 1 and 11. The most common is the heptahydrate MgSO4·7H2O, known as Epsom salt, which is a household chemical with many traditional uses, including bath salts.


Uses of Magnesium Sulfate

It is used in agriculture to increase the magnesium and sulphur content in the soil.
It is used in making beer as a brewing salt.
It is used as a coagulant to make tofu.
It is used in organic synthesis as a desiccant.


One of the most important applications of magnesium sulfate is in the preparation of intravenous magnesium, a vital medication for the treatment of eclampsia. It is also used in replacement therapies for the treatment of magnesium deficiency. It can also be noted that magnesium sulfate can be employed as a coagulating agent for the preparation of certain food items like tofu. 

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