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Zinc sulfate monohydrate
Zinc sulfate heptahydrate
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Note from the Secretariat Preparation of the zinc monographs was initiated because zinc supplementation is included in the revised the VVHO/UNICEF recommendations for the management of diarrhoea as an adjunct to oral rehydration therapy.]
ZnSO^sub 4^,H^sub 2^O (mo no hydrate); Zn SO^sub 4^, 7H^sub 2^O (heptahydrate)
Relative molecular mass. 179.5 (monohydrate); 287.5 (heptahydrate).
Chemical name. Zinc sulfate monohydrate; CAS Reg. No. 7446-19-7 (monohydrate). Zinc sulfate heptahydrate; CAS Reg. No. 7446-20-0 (heptahydrate).
Description. A...