Property:
Soluble in water, slightly soluble in ethanol, glycerin, ether, insoluble in acetone.
Usage:
1. Used in leather, explosives, fertilizer, paper, porcelain, printing dyes, lead-acid batteries and other industries.
2. In agriculture and horticulture, magnesium sulfate is used to improve magnesium-deficient soils.
3. As a magnesium supplement in feed processing.
4. In medicine, magnesium sulfate is used to treat nail inversion and as a laxative.