1 Debor A. Kramer, Magnesite and Magnesia, from Minerals ...
Hydrous Magnesium Chloride Feed. The Dow Chemical Company is t he only magnesium producer using hydrous magnesium chloride as feed for the electrolytic cells. A flow sheet of the Dow process is presented in Exhibit 4. In this process, magnesium is precipitated from seawater as magnesium hydroxide by addition of lime or caustic in large