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Magnesium carbonate

Magnesium carbonate (additive e504) – magnesian salt of carbonic acid, nutritional supplement of group of emulsifiers.

Природный карбонат магния

Characteristic

By sight additive e504 represents crystals without color and a characteristic smell, almost not soluble in water and ethanol. Substance well reacts with acids, decaying at the same time with release of carbon dioxide. Substance begins to decay at a temperature not below 400 degrees Celsius.

Receiving magnesium carbonate

Natural source of additive e504 are minerals of magnesites, londsfordit and nesquehonites.

Commercially receiving magnesium carbonate happens by sedimentation of mix of solutions of the calcinated soda and magnesium sulfate.

Magnesium carbonate use

It is authorized to apply additive as the agent who interferes with balling up and caking of products. In Russia by production of chocolate and cocoa the amount of additive to 70 g/kg is authorized.

Additive e504 is used in the food industry as antioxidant for safety of color of ready-made products. Widely apply e504 as additive to table salt in order to avoid its balling up. Often substance is added to confitures, fruit canned food, jams and jam for the purpose of consolidation of vegetable fabricsКарбонат магния в упаковке and for acidity regulation. Also magnesium carbonates are components of cheeses (the grated, aged and aged cut cheeses).

In addition to the food industry use magnesium carbonate by production of cosmetic drugs (as a component of masks for dry and normal face skin) as it has the soft and knitting property. In weightlifting, powerlifting, gymnastics, rock-climbing additive e504 is applied as drying hand powder. By production of plastic magnesium carbonate is an antismoke component. Also add it to structures for fire suppression, by production of toothpaste and powder and at production of heat-insulating materials.

Influence of magnesium carbonate on a human body

Additive in itself e504 is not toxic. However its excessive use in food can have the oppressing effect on the central nervous system and cause disturbances of cordial activity. Besides, in big concentration additive works as laxative and causes irritation of a digestive tract and respiratory tracts, and also causes allergic reactions in the form of irritation of skin and mucous membranes.

 
 
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