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mag·ne·site

(măg′nə-sīt′)
n.
A white, yellowish, or brown mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, used in the manufacture of magnesium oxide and carbon dioxide.
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magnesite

(ˈmæɡnɪˌsaɪt)
n
(Minerals) a white, colourless, or lightly tinted mineral consisting of naturally occurring magnesium carbonate in hexagonal crystalline form: a source of magnesium and also used in the manufacture of refractory bricks. Formula: MgCO3
[C19: from magnesium + -ite1]
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mag•ne•site

(ˈmæg nəˌsaɪt)

n.
a mineral, magnesium carbonate, MgCO3, usu. occurring in white masses: a source of magnesium oxide.
[< French magnésite (1797); see magnesia, -ite 1]
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Noun 1. [画像:magnesite - a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate]magnesite - a white mineral consisting of magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium
atomic number 12, magnesium, Mg - a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
mineral - solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
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Calcination of magnesite (Mg[CO.sub.3]) is the principal route by which magnesia (MgO) is formed for the use as a refractory ceramic raw material [6].
The ship carrying 3,000 tonnes tons of sinter magnesite, used in the production of high-temperature resistant materials, as well as 70 tons of fuel and lubricants, it added.
Magnesite is an important ore containing magnesium [1, 2].
Summary: The leaching kinetics of calcined magnesite in aqueous lactic acid solutions was investigated in a batch reactor by using parameters such as temperature, acid concentration, particle size, solid/liquid ratio, and stirring speed.
In India, a Magnesite mine becomes the major profit earing sector in short time.
As the company starts to generate cash flow, it plans to build three plants: one for talc, one for magnesite, and a magnesium thermal reduction plant, which will reduce the magnesite to a metal (magnesium).
In the current study succinic acid has been used as a leaching agent to extract magnesium from magnesite ore.
Among specific topics are improving the mechanical properties of lightweight ceramics by adding alumina fiber, the low-temperature synthesis of cordierite using magnesite, the influence of nitrogen-doped titania nanocomposite film on the hydrophilic property of rubber dipping former surface, the photocatalytic performance of zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized by a microwave-assisted process using zinc dust waste as a starting material, the influence of the laminate configurations of transparent armor on its ballistic protection, and using the polka dot technique of color slip for ceramic decoration.

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