The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium

The carbothermic reduction of magnesia to produce magnesium offers the potential of a lower energy and higher productivity route for metal production compared to existing industrial routes. The reaction of magnesia and carbon produces a magnesium and carbon monoxide vapor. Slow cooling of tha...

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Main Author: Hasan, Nurul
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: 2006
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TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
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spelling utp-eprints.53172017-03-20T01:57:05Z The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium Hasan, Nurul TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy The carbothermic reduction of magnesia to produce magnesium offers the potential of a lower energy and higher productivity route for metal production compared to existing industrial routes. The reaction of magnesia and carbon produces a magnesium and carbon monoxide vapor. Slow cooling of that vapor will allow the reaction to quickly revert and the prevention of this reversion reaction is a major technical challenge. Two main approaches can be taken to prevent reversion and allow recovery of the metal product: rapid quenching of the vapor and dissolving the magnesium directly in a suitable metal solvent before reversion can occur. The commercial viability of either carbothermic route to magnesium is closely connected to the physical chemistry of each system. 2006-05 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5317/1/NH_CSIRO_2007.pdf Hasan, Nurul (2006) The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/5317/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
spellingShingle TN Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Hasan, Nurul
The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium
description The carbothermic reduction of magnesia to produce magnesium offers the potential of a lower energy and higher productivity route for metal production compared to existing industrial routes. The reaction of magnesia and carbon produces a magnesium and carbon monoxide vapor. Slow cooling of that vapor will allow the reaction to quickly revert and the prevention of this reversion reaction is a major technical challenge. Two main approaches can be taken to prevent reversion and allow recovery of the metal product: rapid quenching of the vapor and dissolving the magnesium directly in a suitable metal solvent before reversion can occur. The commercial viability of either carbothermic route to magnesium is closely connected to the physical chemistry of each system.
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title The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium
title_short The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium
title_full The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium
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title_full_unstemmed The Carbothermic Route to Magnesium
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