Talk:Synthetic magnesium silicate

use as an absorbent?
Exactly how can this solid function as an absorbent? Melting it first seems unlikely and according to the article it is unsoluble. Happy to be proven wrong, but I don't see it. Yoenit (talk) 14:50, 9 May 2011 (UTC)


 * ✅ - You are correct. The article clearly points out that the substance in question adsorbs with a 'd', not absorbs with a 'b'. The difference being that one soaks up into itself, the other holds it to the surface. Activated Charcoal, for example, works because it is highly porous, allowing for a much greater surface area, but this does not imply that the activated charcoal (the carbon) itself absorbs. I will delete the word "absorbent" until someone can actually reference that it can do so.
 * Thank you for that catch - good eye. Christopher, Salem, OR (talk) 11:58, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Synthetic?
I came to the page via Talc which has. "Magnesium silicate" redirects here. For the synthetic form, see synthetic magnesium silicate. Synthetic magnesium silicate? What are they talking about? Unless I am missing something there is some odd stuff going on here. Mtpaley (talk) 02:02, 26 August 2013 (UTC)