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[triffid]

Sorry PB,I based my comments on what I found here.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_oxide.
here is what it said.
Magnesium oxide (MgO), or magnesia, is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium (see alsooxide). It has an empirical formula of MgO and consists of a lattice of Mg2+ ions and O2â€" ions held together by ionic bonds. Magnesium hydroxide forms in the presence of water (MgO + H2O â†' Mg(OH)2), but it can be reversed by heating it to separate moisture.
Magnesium oxide was historically known as magnesia alba (literally, the white mineral from Magnesia), to differentiate it from magnesia negra, a black mineral containing what is now known as manganese.


water absorbing and ionic is what it says.

[triffid]

It could be a source of long term water and I wondered too where are the casimir plates if you don't have any epsom salts in the mixture?
otherwise your battery is a slow long burning battery.Your electrodes produce the electricity and your electrodes corrode at a much slower rate.MgO has a crystal lattice so maybe it has its own casimir plates?Im sure that epsom salts isn't the only substance in the world to have casimir plates?triffid

[triffid]

Ok I see the confusion now,Im talking about MgO and you are talking about MgOH which are two different things altogether.triffid

[triffid]

Sorry PB,Im to blame here,you posted MgOH,Not MgO.triffid

[triffid]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_hydroxide   Ok its not ionic and not very soluble in water.But where are the casimir plates?triffid