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Definition of Brucite

Brucite
Brucite Bru"cite, n. [Named after Dr. A. Bruce of New York.] (Min.) (a) A white, pearly mineral, occurring thin and foliated, like talc, and also fibrous; a native magnesium hydrate. (b) The mineral chondrodite. [R.]

Meaning of Brucite from wikipedia

- Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, with the chemical formula Mg(OH)2. It is a common alteration product of periclase in marble; a low-temperature...
- with the chemical formula Mg(OH)2. It occurs in nature as the mineral brucite. It is a white solid with low solubility in water (Ksp = 5.61×10−12). Magnesium...
- include the serpentine group minerals (antigorite, lizardite, chrysotile), brucite, talc, Ni-Fe alloys, and magnetite. The mineral alteration is particularly...
- area. The town grew out of an earlier mining camp named Brucite (after the magnesium oxide brucite that occurred locally), and took the name of the surrounding...
- owing to oxidation. It is poorly soluble in water. Mn(OH)2 adopts the brucite structure, i.e. the arrangement of the atoms in the crystal are the same...
- structure is closely related to the structure of brucite, Mg(OH)2. However the lower charge in brucite's magnesium (+2) as opposed to gibbsite's aluminium...
- sequence of the layers. The structures are similar to the brucite structure. However, whereas the brucite structure can be described as a close-packed structure...
- crystal growth conditions are imperfectly controlled. Fe(OH)2 adopts the brucite structure, i.e. the arrangement of the atoms in the crystal are the same...
- trioctahedral. A trioctahedral sheet has the structure of a sheet of the mineral brucite, with magnesium or ferrous iron being the most common cation. A dioctahedral...
- can be seen as derived from hydroxides of divalent cations (d) with the brucite (Mg(OH)2) layer structure [AdB AdB]n, by cation (c) replacement (Mg2+ →...