Magnesium oxide (MgO) has been reported as an industrially important high-temperature material. Lithium-doped magnesium oxide (Li/MgO) may be employed for the synthesis of ethylene and ethane from methane. It participates as a catalyst for the cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to epoxide. It plays the role of a catalyst during the reaction of carbon dioxide with (R)-styrene to afford (R)-phenyl carbonate.Magnesium oxide can be used as a wide-band-gap insulator. It can undergo hydration to give magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles.
Molecular Formula: MgO
Molecular Weight: 40.3
Linear Structural Formula: MgO
MDL Number: MFCD00011109
Purity: 98.0-100.5% (calc. for dried substance)
Melting Point: 2852 C (lit.)
Application: Magnesium oxide (MgO) may be employed as a phase stabilizer during the fabrication of porous ß-tricalcium phosphate (ß-TCP).