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http://dx.doi.org/10.7844/kirr.2017.26.3.69

Preparation of Magnesium from Magnesite using Fused Salt Electrolysis  

Park, Hyungkyu (DMR Convergence Research Center/Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Kang, Jungshin (DMR Convergence Research Center/Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
Lee, Jinyoung (DMR Convergence Research Center/Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM))
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Resources Recycling / v.26, no.3, 2017 , pp. 69-78 More about this Journal
Abstract
Magnesium has been used as parts of vehicles, case materials of notebook PC and mobile phone, and its demand has been increasing recently. Its extraction technologies were classified according to the two major reduction methods: the fused salt electrolysis and the thermal reduction method. A research on the extraction of magnesium from magnesite which has been being carried out at KIGAM was briefly introduced here. Magnesium was prepared using a fused salt electrolysis method through preparation of anhydrous magnesium chloride with lab scale experiments.
Keywords
Magnesium; Extraction; Magnesite; Fused salt electrolysis; Lab scale;
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