Magnesium phosphate

Magnesium phosphate is a general term for salts of magnesium and phosphate appearing in several forms and several hydrates:^[1]

• Monomagnesium phosphate:   Mg(H₂PO₄)₂·nH₂O
• Dimagnesium phosphate:   Mg(HPO₄)·nH₂O
• Trimagnesium phosphate:   Mg₃(PO₄)₂·nH₂O

Amorphous magnesium phosphate is also claimed.^[2]

Safety

Magnesium phosphates are listed on the U.S. FDA's Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) list of substances.^[3]

See also

• Ammonium magnesium phosphate

References

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2. ^ Babaie, Elham; Lin, Boren; Goel, Vijay K; Bhaduri, Sarit B (2016). "Evaluation of amorphous magnesium phosphate (AMP) based non-exothermic orthopedic cements". Biomedical Materials. 11 (5). Bibcode:2016BioMa..11e5010B. doi:10.1088/1748-6041/11/5/055010. PMID 27716636. S2CID 45055834
3. ^ "Database of Select Committee on GRAS Substances (SCOGS) Reviews". Archived May 21, 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-03-22.