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by ionic bonding. Magnesium hydroxide forms in the presence of water (MgO + H₂O -> Mg(OH)₂), but it can be reversed by heating it to remove moisture.

Magnesium oxide was historically known as magnesia alba (literally, the white mineral from Magnesia), to differentiate it from magnesia nigra, a black mineral containing

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