Magnesium hydroxychloride

Magnesium hydroxychloride is the traditional term for several chemical compounds of magnesium, chlorine, oxygen, and hydrogen whose general formula xMgO·yMgCl
2
·zH
2
O
, for various values of x, y, and z; or, equivalently, Mg
x+y
(OH)
2x
Cl
2y
(H
2
O)
zx
. The simple chemical formula that is often used is MgClOH, which appears in high school subject, for example.Other names for this class are magnesium chloride hydroxide, magnesium oxychloride, and basic magnesium chloride. Some of these compounds are major components of Sorel cement.

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