| Description |
1 online resource (143 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Resources of Magnesium; 1.3 How to Obtain Magnesium?; 1.4 The Establishment of the International Society for the Development of Research on Magnesium; 1.5 Minerals Cycle; 1.6 The Motivation for Writing a Book on Magnesium; 2: Occurrence and Resources of Magnesium; 2.1 Background; 2.2 Occurrence; 2.3 Sources of Magnesium; 2.3.1 Magnesite; 2.3.2 Mining and Extraction; 2.4 Magnesium Resources World Wide; 2.4.1 Australian Resources, Deposits, and Processing |
|
2.4.2 Magnesium Resources in China2.5 Primary Magnesium Production; 2.6 "Extraction" is a Key Process; 3: Magnesium and Mineral Salts from Seawater: Exploration Study; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Principal Mineral Resources; 3.2.1 Historical Background; 3.2.2 Minerals Extracted; 3.3 Minerals in Sea Salt; 3.4 Evaporation and Separation Sequence of Salts; 3.5 Theory of Evaporating Seawater and Precipitating Salts; 3.5.1 Ocean Water Profile; 3.5.2 Deep Sea Resources; 3.5.3 Evaporating Seawater; 3.6 Economic Feasibility of Mineral Salts Recovery; 4: Production of Magnesium Chloride: An Overview |
|
4.1 Introduction4.2 Magnesium Chloride from Seawater; 4.2.1 Dow Process; 4.2.2 Extraction from Dolomite and Magnesite Ores; 4.3 MgCl2 Extraction from Desalination Plants; 4.4 Dual-Purpose Solvay-Dow: Conceptual Process; 4.5 Modified Desalination Scheme; 4.5.1 Introduction; 4.5.2 Concentrate Management; 4.5.3 Objective; 4.5.4 The Road Map to Our Proposed Multipurpose Desalination Scheme; 4.5.5 Solar Evaporation Unit (Brine Concentration); 4.5.6 Chemical Conversion Unit; 4.5.7 Auxiliary Units; 4.5.8 Case Study: Process Analysis and Material Balance Calculations; 4.6 Seawater Bitterns |
|
5: Production of Magnesium Chloride from Seawater: Proposed Method-Preferential Salt Separation5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Preferential Salt Separation; 5.2.1 Background; 5.2.2 Experimental Work; 5.2.3 Additional Experimental Work; 5.3 Experimental Results Using Preferential Salt Separation-"Dynamic-Flow"; 5.4 Preferential Salt Separation-"Static-Flow" or Batch Model; 5.4.1 Experimental Results; 5.5 Proposed Small-Scale Integrated Pilot Model; 5.6 Mathematical Model for the Evaporation of Seawater along the Preferential Salt Separation: Flow of a Falling Film across an Inclined Flat Surface |
|
5.6.1 Introduction5.6.2 Theoretical Background; 5.6.3 Results; 5.7 Proposals for Other Separation Options: Separation of Magnesium Chloride from Sodium Chloride in Seawater by the Dense-Phase Technique; 6: Commercial Methods for Magnesium Production; 6.1 Introduction/Classification; 6.2 Electrolytic Processes; 6.2.1 Outline of Process Techniques; 6.2.2 Fundamentals; 6.2.3 Electrolysis of Magnesium Chloride; 6.2.4 Types of Electrolytic Cells; 6.2.5 Dow Process; 6.2.6 Production of Magnesium Chloride from Magnesium Oxide; 6.3 Thermal Reduction Process; 6.4 Magnesium Processes for Tomorrow |
| Notes |
6.4.1 First: Electrolytic Processes |
|
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
9781351170635 |
|
1351170635 |
|
