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... > Inorganic Chemicals > Electrolytes > Ions > Anions > Oxides > Silicon Dioxide > Silicic Acid > Silicates > Magnesium Silicates > Talc
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Oxygen Compounds > Oxides > Silicon Dioxide > Silicic Acid > Silicates > Magnesium Silicates > Talc
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Silicon Compounds > Silicon Dioxide > Silicic Acid > Silicates > Magnesium Silicates > Talc
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Minerals > Silicon Dioxide > Silicic Acid > Silicates > Magnesium Silicates > Talc
... > Inorganic Chemicals > Acids > Acids, Noncarboxylic > Silicic Acid > Silicates > Magnesium Silicates > Talc
Inorganic Chemicals > Magnesium Compounds > Magnesium Silicates > Talc

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Talc  

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Entry terms

  • Talcum Powder

Note

  • talc granuloma = TALC /adv eff + GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY /etiol (not /chem ind)

Scope note

  • Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)

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