I am part of a small chemical company who are attempting to sell Epsom Salts TM. I need to find out how to produce Epsom Salts at different speeds so can inform my company how to make Epsom SaltsTM at the fastest rate.

... Aim: I am part of a small chemical company who are attempting to sell Epsom Salts TM. I need to find out how to produce Epsom Salts at different speeds so can inform my company how to make Epsom Salts TM at the fastest rate. Research I must present my company with research about salts and rates of reaction to improve our knowledge, essential for a successful investigation. Salts are ionic compounds formed from the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms of an acid by metal atoms. Salts are usually crystalline at room temperature. Epsom salts is the common name for magnesium sulphate heptahydrate MgSO47H2O, a water-soluble bitter tasting compound that occurs as white or colourless needle shaped crystals. It is used in leather tanning, mordant dying, fire proofing. Epsom salts is used medicinally as a purgative (a laxative). A Reaction between an acid with a metal can form salts: Acid + Metal Salt + Hydrogen To

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