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magnesia
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mag·ne·sia
/ magˈnēzhə; -ˈnēshə/
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n. Chem.
magnesium oxide, MgO.
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hydrated magnesium carbonate used as an antacid and laxative.
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Magnesia, magnesite
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Worldwide demand for magnesia (MgO) is predominantly driven by the use of magnesia-based refractories for steel production. There...improvements in refractory application. This decrease in magnesia consumption has been taking place since the mid...
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Magnesia: Moving beyond refractories
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Most magnesia (MgO), whether of natural or synthetic origin...processes, have resulted in decreased use of magnesia. To make up for this loss of business, producers of synthetic magnesia have started to manufacture a variety of magnesium...
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Industrial minerals 1997: Magnesite and magnesia
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...animals, to larger amounts in the form of caustic magnesia for environmental applications. The largest...in the refractory industry as a dead-burned magnesia. The main sources of magnesia are from natural magnesium carbonate ore and...
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Research and Markets: World Refractory Magnesia Market Moving Back Towards Balance.
Business Wire; 6/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...to their offering The world refractory magnesia market continues to be in a state of...the market. A The majority of global magnesia is located in China, North Korea and...for around 75% of global dead burned magnesia capacity based on magnesite. In developed...
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Research and Markets: World Refractory Magnesia Market Moving Back towards Balance.
PR Newswire; 5/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...20040820/RESEARCH ) The world refractory magnesia market continues to be in a state of...from the market. The majority of global magnesia is located in China, North Korea and...for around 75% of global dead burned magnesia capacity based on magnesite. In developed...
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Structural, physical and mechanical properties of modified wood-magnesia composite.
Magazine article from: Construction and Building Materials; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...physical and mechanical properties of wood-magnesia composites based on magnesium binder (caustic magnesia) and filler of wood sawdust modified with...found that during the hydration of caustic magnesia containing fluorine anhydrite additive...
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Evolution of magnesia-carbon refractories.
Magazine article from: Ceramic Industry; 2/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; The development and refinement of magnesia-carbon brick, encompassing compositional...bonded and burned, pitch impregnated magnesia brick in 1960, carbon has been recognized...to develop improved carbon containing magnesia brick, where carbon was not merely a...
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Worldwide Consumption of Dead Burned Magnesia Expected to Increase.
M2 Presswire; 5/24/2005; 700+ words
; ...Worldwide Consumption of Dead Burned Magnesia Expected to Increase(C)1994-2005...Worldwide Consumption of Dead Burned Magnesia Expected to Increase Dublin - Research...to their offering The world refractory magnesia market continues to be in a state of...
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Kinetics and mechanism of carbothermic reduction of magnesia
Magazine article from: Metallurgical and Materials Transactions; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the effects of compacting pressure, magnesia/carbon ratio, heating rate, Ar carrier...solid phase-boundary reaction between magnesia and carbon particles. The second stage...magnesium chloride and thermal reduction of magnesia. Electrolysis is the predominant route...
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Magnesite and magnesia
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 6/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Magnesite and magnesia are among the most complex areas of...own right. But it is also a base for magnesia and an ore for magnesium metal. In...The nomenclature of magnesite and magnesia requires care to avoid confusion...
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magnesia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
magnesia common name for the chemical compound...and solutions of ammonium salts. The magnesia of commerce is a fine white powder used...pharmaceuticals, and as a filler in rubber goods. Magnesia is used to make crucibles and other ceramic...
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Magnesia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Magnesia , two ancient cities of Lydia, W Asia...Magnetes, a tribe of E Thessaly. One city (Magnesia ad Maeandrum), SE of Smyrna (Izmir...Leucophryene, built in the 2d cent. BC Magnesia ad Sipylum, on the Hermus River at the...
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milk of magnesia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
milk of magnesia common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH) 2 . The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative is a suspension of approximately 8% magnesium hydroxide in water.
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Henry, Thomas
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...which earned him his nickname “ Magnesia, ” was the manufacture and sale, for medicinal purposes, of calcined magnesia following his submission for publication...Account of an Improved Method of Preparing Magnesia Alba ” Medical Transactions...
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Joseph Black
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1756 under the title Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline...careful quantitative experiments that magnesia alba, a mild alkali, lost weight on...carbon dioxide); and that the ignited magnesia no longer effervesced with acids. Mild...
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