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Trimagnesium phosphate is a compound with formula Mg3(PO4)2. It is a magnesium acid salt of phosphoric acid.

It can be formed by reaction of stoichiometric quantities of monomagnesium phosphate with magnesium hydroxide.

Mg(H2PO4)2+2 Mg(OH)2→Mg3(PO4)2•8H2O

Found in nature in octohydrate form as the mineral bobierrite.

Safety

Magnesium phosphate tribasic is listed on the FDA's generally recognized as safe, or GRAS, list of substances.

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