Magnesium chloride can be used as a supplement in the diet to treat patients with low amounts of magnesium in?
Friday, March 5th, 2010 at
10:13 AM
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the blood. Suggest ONE property which makes it more suitable for this purpose than magnesium carbonate.
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MgCl2 is well suited because it is readily soluble & absorbed
one might say that MgCO3 is not soluble in water, & so it can not be absorbed….
but when it hits the stomach acid it is converted to MaCl2 & can be absorbed
its difference is that it neutralizes stomach acid & produces CO2 gas…
imagine swallowing alka-seltzer tablets without allowing them to giv off the gas first
It’s the gas