By what name is the medicine consisting of a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water called?
Magnesium hydroxide Most Mg(OH) that is produced industrially, as well as the small amount that is mined, is converted to fused magnesia (MgO). Magnesia is valuable because it is both a poor electrical conductor and an excellent thermal conductor. Magnesium hydroxide is used in suspension as either an antacid or a laxative, depending on concentration. As an antacid, magnesium hydroxide is dosed at approximately 0.5–1.5g in adults and works by simple neutralization, where the hydroxide ions from the Mg(OH) combine with acidic H ions produced in the form of hydrochloric acid by parietal cells in the stomach to produce water. As a
Cobalt(II) hydroxide Cobalt(II) hydroxide Cobalt(II) hydroxide or cobaltous hydroxide is the inorganic compound with the formula , consisting of divalent cobalt cations and hydroxide anions . The pure compound, often called the "beta form" (β-) is a pink solid insoluble in water. The name is also applied to a related compound, often called "alpha" or "blue" form (α-), which incorporates other anions in its molecular structure. This compound is blue and rather unstable. Cobalt(II) hydroxide is most used as a drying agent for paints, varnishes, and inks, in the preparation of other cobalt compounds, as a catalyst and in the manufacture of