Light Magnesium oxide IP
Product Brief: Magnesium oxide is a mineral supplement used to treat or prevent low levelsof magnesium in the blood. You should not take more magnesium oxide than your doctor or the product label recommends. Toomuch magnesium in the blood can cause serious side effects.
Product Specification:
| Sr.No | Test | Specification |
| 1. | Description | A very fine, light, white powder. |
| 2. | Identification | The resulting solution gives the reaction if magnesium salt. |
| 3. | solubility | Freely soluble in water, practically insoluble in ethanol and ether. |
| 4. | Appearance of solution | Solution A is clear and colorless |
| 5. | Arsenic | NMT 4 ppm |
| 7. | chlorides | 0.125 % |
| 8. | Sulphate | 1.0 % |
| 9. | Calcium | As per IP |
| 10. | Heavy metals | 30 ppm |
| 11. | Soluble substance | NMT 20 mg |
| 12. | Iron | 0.1 % |
| 13. | Substance insoluble in acetic acid | 0.1 % |
| 14. | Loss on ignition | NMT 8.0% |
| 15. | Assay | 98.0 % to 100.5 % OIB |