Magnesium chloride is a kind of chloride.Colorless and easy deliquescence crystals. The salt is a typical ionic halide, soluble in water. Hydrated magnesium chloride can be extracted from sea water or salt water, usually with 6 molecules of crystal water. It lose crystal water when heated to 95 ℃ and starts to break down and release the hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas when above 135 ℃. It's the raw material of industrial production of magnesium, found in sea water and bittern. Hydrated magnesium chloride is a prescription of oral magnesium supplementation commonly used material.