Thermal Production of Magnesium
L. M. PIDGEON
THE production of magnesium by direct reduction of the oxide has far passed the experimental stage and was responsible for 30 per cent of the recent wartime production of 246,000 tons per annum. This paper describes the small-scale experiments which culminated in a number of the wartime plants (1). The paper traces the author's early experiments on various direct reduction reactions leading to his choice of the ferrosilicon reduction of dolomite and the realization that this reaction would proceed at a satisfactory rate at temperatures obtainable in metal apparatus.
Keywords:
Calcium, calcium carbide, dolomite, Dominion Magnesium, ferrosilicon, reducing agent, dolomite, experiment, Experiments, formation, Magnesium, Pressure, Silicon, Systems, Temperature
