Constituent
Name
Mg-sulfate
Official name
Magnesium(II) sulfate
Family
ionic solid
Class
normal salt
Compound type
sulfate
Constituent abundance in material
Relevance
main - major
Arrangement
single phase
Mass fraction
1.0
Mole fraction
1.0
Chemical composition
Formula
$Mg^{2+} \cdot SO_4^{2-}$
Chemical formula
MgSO4
Elemental formula
(Mg2+) S O2 (O-)2
Isotope mixture type
terrestrial abundance
  Formula Name Family Number min-max Mole fraction Isotope mole fraction State Relevance
$Mg^{2+}$ Magnesium(II) cation element 1 0.5 1 constituent cation main
$(SO_4)^{2-}$ Sulfate anion chemical function 1 0.5 1 anionic radical main
Chemical functions
  Function Number
$(SO_4)^{2-}$ 1
Chemical bonds
  Bond Number
$\cdot Mg^{2+} \cdot O^{-}-$ 2
$\dddot - \dddot - \dddot - S \dddot - O^{-1/2}$ 4
Class
normal salts (07)
Type
simple normal salts (07.01)
Phase type
crystalline
Molar mass
120.366 $g/mol$
Density
2.66 $g/cm^3$
Color
colorless, white
Diaphaneity
transparent to translucent
Luster
vitreous