Magnesium from Seawater // Magrathea’s Mission to go Back to the Future
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 Published On Feb 27, 2024

Advancements in Magnesium Alloys and Magnesium Thixomolding will lead to huge increases in Magnesium demand. How will we increase the magnesium supply to meet that demand? In my view, the best way is by extracting magnesium from seawater by going back the future to resurrect Dow and Norsk Hydro's processes - and Magrathea's doing exactly that.

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Also, this is the old Dow footage which I thought was excellent:

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Timeline
00:00 Introduction
02:59 A Brief History of Magnesium Production
05:25 The Dow Process for Magnesium
08:28 The Pidgeon Process for Magnesium Production
10:41 Dow vs Pidgeon Process
15:01 The Tide is About to Turn
16:56 Magrathea’s Process for Extracting Magnesium from Seawater
21:51 Summary


Intro Music by Dyalla: Homer Said

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