Manganese Chloride

Brief Overview

Manganese chloride is an inorganic polymeric solid with the chemical formula of MnC_l2(H₂O)_x. Manganese chloride salts is pink in colour. Manganese chloride is a weak Lewis acid that undergoes severe oxidation in presence of air.

Manufacturing Process

Manganese chloride can be manufactured industrially by reacting Manganese oxide with Concentrated Hydrochloric acid. In laboratory scale, Manganese chloride can be prepared by treating Manganese metal or Manganese carbonate with the concentrated Hydrochloric acid.

Pharmaceutical Industry

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Other Applications

Manganese Chloride is commonly used as the starting material for other manganese compounds, food additive, for drying of paint, fertilisers, in dyeing, disinfecting, purifying natural gas, and in dry-cell batteries.