How to Use magnesium hydroxide in a Sentence

magnesium hydroxide

noun
  • Where the two liquids meet, high-purity magnesium hydroxide forms and can be collected.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • For example, magnesium hydroxide is used as an antacid, and magnesium citrate helps with kidney stones.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Magnesium ions react with hydroxide ions at the narrow boundary between the two streams, producing solid magnesium hydroxide.
    — New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • Rather than mixing in lime to obtain magnesium hydroxide, PNNL flows seawater alongside (side-by-side) a base, such as sodium hydroxide, in a co-flow reactor.
    — New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • For example, Native deodorant uses magnesium hydroxide, tapioca starch, shea butter and coconut oil, among other ingredients.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Diarrhea Antacids that contain magnesium, such as milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide), are known for causing diarrhea, sometimes accompanied by nausea and stomach cramping.
    — Karen Berger, Verywell Health, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The first process pulls magnesium hydroxide directly from seawater, eliminating several complex steps necessary in conventional techniques.
    — New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • The process eliminates a few chemical processing stages and stops at magnesium hydroxide, a material widely used across US industries, and currently imported in large quantities.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • The coflow process generates commercially valuable magnesium hydroxide, after which the leftover seawater, or regular seawater, is desalinated and split into acidic and alkaline byproducts.
    — New Atlas, 27 July 2026

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