Studies were made on the effect of alkali additions (CaO, dolomite, cabide cinder), the properties of Mg(OH)
2, the production of artificial dolomite and the yield of metallic magnesium, and following results were obtained.
1) Except CaO, there is no difference in the sedimentation velocity of Mg(OH)
2 between dolomite and carbide cinder as alkali additions.
2) The temperature rise in hydration of artificial dolomite by the wet method is larger than that by the dry method, and this agrees with the tendency of the yield of metallic magnesium.
3) The yield of magnesium is strongly influenced by the purity of CaO used for the production of artificial dolomite.
4) There is no large difference in the activation energy and the purity of metallic magnesium between the reducing reaction of natural dolomite and that of artificial dolomite.
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