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Double Sulphates of Magnesium

The following have been described: (Mg,Cu)SO4.Aq., MgSO4.ZnSO4.14H2O and MgSO4.ZnSO4.10H2O, 5MgSO4.3ZnSO4.56H2O, MgSO4.TlSO4.6H2O, MgSO4.UO2SO4.5H2O, MgSO4.2MnSO4.15H2O (mineral fauserite), MgSO4.NiSO4.28H2O, 2KSO4.MgSO4.ZnSO4.12H2O and 2KSO4.MgSO4.NiSO4.12H2O, MgSO4.ZnSO4.MnSO4.21H2O.

Kainite occurs in the Stassfurt beds, and at Kalusz in Eastern Galicia. Meyerhoffer, from its polytherms (equilibrium relationships at different temperatures), concluded that its formula is MgSO4.KCl.3H2O, not MgSO4.KSO4.MgCl2.6H2O, and that its temperatures of formation lie between 76° C. and 85° C. In the presence of sodium chloride it cannot exist above 83° C. An interaction between carnallite and magnesium sulphate may account for its association with carnallite at Stassfurt.

It is monoclinic, but is usually found in massive granular condition with a reddish, grey, or white colour. Its hardness is about 2.5 and its density about 2.1. It does not deliquesce, and its potash content makes it a valuable and widely used fertiliser.

One hundred parts of water dissolve 79.56 parts at 18° C. Schonite, KSO4.MgSO4.6H2O, crystallises first from the saturated solution, and this and other reactions have been used in working up kainite for potassium and magnesium salts.

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