This article is about Dimagnesium phosphate. For other uses, see magnesium phosphate.

Dimagnesium phosphate is a compound with formula MgHPO4. It is a Mg2+ salt of monohydrogen phosphate. The trihydrate is well known, occurring as a mineral.[1]

It can be formed by reaction of stoichiometric quantities of magnesium oxide with phosphoric acid.

MgO + H3PO4 → MgHPO4 + H2O

Dissolving monomagnesium phosphate in water, forms phosphoric acid and depositing a solid precipitate of dimagnesium phosphate trihydrate:

Mg(H2PO4)2 + 3 H2O → Mg(HPO4).3H2O + H3PO4

The compound is used as a nutritional supplement, especially for infants and athletes. Its E number is E343.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Klaus Schrödter; Gerhard Bettermann; Thomas Staffel; Friedrich Wahl; Thomas Klein; Thomas Hofmann (2008). "Phosphoric Acid and Phosphates". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Ullmann’s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_465.pub3. ISBN 978-3527306732. S2CID 94458523.
  2. ^ relevant part of the German “Zusatzstoff-Zulassungsverordnung Archived 2012-05-18 at the Wayback Machine”, the official German implementation of the respective regulation of the European Union