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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Magnesium Compounds » Magnesium Silicates » Asbestos, Serpentine
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Minerals » Silicates » Asbestos » Asbestos, Serpentine
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Minerals » Silicates » Magnesium Silicates » Asbestos, Serpentine
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Silicon Compounds » Silicon Dioxide » Silicic Acid » Silicates » Asbestos » Asbestos, Serpentine
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Inorganic Chemicals [D01] » Silicon Compounds » Silicon Dioxide » Silicic Acid » Silicates » Magnesium Silicates » Asbestos, Serpentine
Description
A type of asbestos that occurs in nature as the dihydrate of magnesium silicate. It exists in two forms: antigorite, a plated variety, and chrysotile, a fibrous variety. The latter makes up 95% of all asbestos products. (From Merck Index, 11th ed, p.893) MeSH
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