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A green and effective electrolytic process was developed to produce high-purity Mg metal using primary and secondary resources containing MgO as a feedstock. The electrolysis of various MgO resources was conducted using a Cu cathode in MgF2 – LiF – KCl molten salt at 1043 K by applying an average current of 1.44 A for 12.5 h. The electrolysis of calcined North Korean magnesite and seawater MgO clinker yielded Mg alloys of MgCu2 and (Cu) phases with current efficiencies of 89.6–92.4%. The electro

In this study, a novel Mg production process for producing high-purity Mg metal from dolomite was developed. When the electrolysis of calcined dolomite was conducted using Cu cathode and C anode in MgF2 – LiF molten salt at 1083–1173 K by applying an average current of 1.42–1.46 A for 9.50–21.0 h, the current efficiency of 66.4–88.6% was obtained. The produced Mg alloys consisted of MgCu2 and Cu (Mg) or MgCu2 and CuMg2 phases, depending on the Mg concentration in the Mg alloy. When the electroly

Molten oxide electrolysis can be used to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from ironmaking. In this paper, we electrochemically decompose iron oxide (Fe2O3) into iron (Fe) and oxygen (O2) using boron trioxide and sodium oxide (B2O3–Na2O) as the molten oxide electrolyte at 1000°C that is less than the temperature of other molten oxide electrolysis. The formation of Fe at the cathode and O2 at the anode is identified by analysing products from both electrodes. The results suggest that the cathod