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Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate

CAS 13446-18-9

Also registered as 1 other CAS number

144667-04-9

Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate in plain language

What it is

Also known as Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate · Dusicnan horecnaty · Magnesium(ii) nitrate (1:2), hexahydrate · Magnesium nitrate--water (1/2/6) · Magnesium salt nitric acid · magnesium;dinitrate;hexahydrate

Show all 17 names

AKOS015855555 · Magnesium (II) nitrate hexahydrate · Magnesium Matrix Modifier · Magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO3)2) hexahydrate · Magnesium nitrate hexahydrate (Mg(NO3)2.6H2O) · Magnesium nitrate hydrate (Mg(NO3)2.6H2O) · Nitric acid, magnesium salt, hexahydrate · Nitric acid, magnesium salt, hydrate (2:1:6) · UNII-V85K20LJMK · magnesium nitrate · magnesium nitrate (hydrate)

What it does

Used in consumer products as a preservative.

  • Preservative
Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 30 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 30 composition records across product categories including Laboratory supplies, Specialty occupational products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Preservative.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated January 7, 2008

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Food use

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

30

Named organisations

2

Laboratory suppliesSpecialty occupational products

Typical roles

Preservative
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Catalog

Found in these products

Their ingredient lists include Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate; each product's own rating depends on its whole formula, so it is shown on the product page, not here.

Co-occurrence

Often appears with

Ingredients that frequently appear alongside Magnesium dinitrate hexahydrate in the catalog.