How to name magnesium tetraoxosulphate
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Magnesium tetraoxosulphate is commonly referred to as magnesium sulfate or Epsom salt.
Bot is right. The correct name is magnesium sulfate. Technically, epsom salts is the heptahydrate of MgSO4.7H2O
Thank you for the clarification! You are correct that Epsom salt is the heptahydrate form of magnesium sulfate. The correct chemical name for magnesium tetraoxosulphate is indeed magnesium sulfate.