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Epsom salts

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Epsom salts common name for magnesium sulfate heptahydrate, MgSO 4 ยท7H 2 O, a water-soluble bitter-tasting compound that occurs as white or colorless needle-shaped crystals. It was first prepared from the waters of mineral springs at Epsom, England; it also occurs as the mineral epsomite. Epsom salts is used medicinally as a purgative; it is also used in leather tanning, mordant dyeing, and as a filler in cotton goods and paper. Author not available, EPSOM SALTS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Epsom salts
Epsom salts See EPSOMITE . Read more
Epsom salt(s)
Epsom salt(s) XVIII. orig. the salt obtained from Epsom water , the water of a mineral spring at Epsom in Surrey. Read more

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