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When I mix magnesium citrate with hot water, it quickly dissolves and the water becomes transparent. When I do the same with magnesim malate, it does not dissolve, it sinks to the bottom as sand. 
The question is how to dissolve the magnesium malate so that the water becomes transparent like with magnesium citrate?




You don't. It's [insoluble in water](https://www.mineralsinc.com/MSDS/MagnesiumMalate_msds.htm).


Being a carboxylic acid salt, it may be introduced into the body by reaction with hydrochloric acid in gastric juice.


Similar data in magnesium citrate, shown [here](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.fishersci.com/store/msds%3FpartNumber%3DAA41954A7%26productDescription%3DMAG%2BCITRATE%2B2BSC%2BHYDRATE%2B5KG%26vendorId%3DVN00024248%26countryCode%3DUS%26language%3Den&ved=2ahUKEwjUlKmSw-znAhWUWc0KHYGNDeYQFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw3D35sp4HixBNA2zD7rTxYV) for the dibasic salt $\ce{MgH(C6H5O7)}$, indicate more solubility for the citrate. Possibly the citrate ion, with more oxygen atoms, can complex magnesium and other metal ions more efficiently through chelate formation.


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