• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.14-18
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• 1974

Magnesite single crystals up to 250 microns were synthesized from an equi-molar solution of MgCl2 and Na2CO3 in the micro-autoclave at 180-20$0^{\circ}C$. The lattice constant of synthetic magnesite was obtained a=4.6369(7), c=15.0230(10)A.U. by a least squares analysis based on the UNICS Program (Sakurai 1967) was applied to 28 reflections. Results of X-ray powder diffraction and of DTA, TGA, IRA, and EPMA studies indicate that synthesized magnesite has properties to those of natural magnesite.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.711-717
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• 2017

A fundamental study was conducted on the dissolution of North Korean magnesite using hydrochloric acid to understand the dissolution behavior of the magnesium and impurities. The influence of the acid concentration, particle size of the magnesite, reaction temperature, and pulp density on the dissolution of magnesium, iron, calcium, aluminum, and silicon dioxide was studied. The experimental results showed that 98.5% of magnesium, 86.9% of iron, 87.3% of calcium, 23.6% of aluminum, and 20.4% of silicon dioxide were dissolved when magnesite particle sizes within the range of $75{\sim}105{\mu}m$ were reacted using 3 M HCl solution under 6% pulp density at 363 K for 3 h. The residues that remained after the dissolution were silicon dioxide, talc, and clinochlore.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.767-785
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• 2021

World-class magnesite deposits are developed in the Dashiqiao mineralized district of the Jiao-Liao-Ji Belt in China. This belt extends to the northern side of the Korean Peninsula and hosts major magnesite deposits in the Dancheon region of North Korea. Magnesite ores from the Pailou deposits in the Dashiqiao district is classified into pure magnetite, chlorite-magnetite, chlorite-talc-magnetite, and dolomite groups depending on the constituent minerals. According to the result of petrographic study, magnesite was formed by the alteration of dolomite, and, talc, chlorite, and apatite were produced as late-stage alteration minerals that replaced the magnesite. Fluid inclusions observed in magnesite are a liquid-type inclusion, with a homogenization temperature of 121-250 ℃ and a salinity of 1.7-22.4 wt% NaCl equiv. The chlorite geothermometer, indicating the temperature of hydrothermal alteration, is 137~293 ℃, slightly higher than the homogenization temperature of fluid inclusions, and the pressure is calculated to be less than 3.2 kb. For magnesite mineralization in the study area, the initially formed-dolomite was subjected to replacement by Mg-rich fluid to form a magnesite ore body, and then it was enriched through regional metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration. It seems that altered minerals such as talc were crystallized by Si and Al-rich late-stage hydrothermal fluids. These results are similar to the genetic environments of the Daeheung deposit, a representative magnesite deposit in North Korea, and it is believed that the two deposits went through a similar geological and ore genetic process of magnesite mineralization.

• Clean Technology
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.239-244
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• 2009

$Mg(OH)_2$ slurry was prepared by using natural mineral brucite mined in Liaoning province in China, and its de-$SO_x$ efficiency was compared with that of $Mg(OH)_2$ slurry prepared by thermal decomposition and hydration of magnesite. The physical and chemical characteristics of $Mg(OH)_2$ Powders prepared from brucite and magnesite were similar. However, the layered plate structure of $Mg(OH)_2$ crystal particles prepared from brucite had grown more stably. The desulfurization efficiency of $Mg(OH)_2$ slurry prepared from brucite was slightly higher than that of magnesite. Brucite may be used as a new absorbent for the desulfurization of flue gas in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.226-229
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• 1977

The infrared absorption spectrum of Synthesized magnesite is shown in the wve number region 2510 and 745cm-1. By using Wilson's GF matrices the force constants' of the Urey-Bradley force field were deterined from the infrared absorption frequencies. For magnesite the stretching force constant K=5.41, the bending force constant H=0.46, the repulsive force constant F=1.97, and the force constant for the out-of-plane vibration fθ=0.65md/Å. For calcite they are K=5.51, H=0.38, F=1.88 and fθ=0.64md/Å.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.8-12
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• 1975

The crystal structure of synthetic magnesite has been studied by X-ray method. Magnesite is trigonal R3c, with a=4.637$\AA$, c=15.023$\AA$ and Z=6. Intensity data were collected with a Rigaku automated four-circle diffractometer and Mo-K$\alpha$ radiation. The structure was refined by the full-matrix least squares method using anisotropic thermal parameters. The final R index for 234 reflections is 0.037. The C-O and Mg-O bond lengths were 1.283 and 2.105$\AA$, respectively. The interatomic angles of three kinds of O-Mg-O were 88.25, 91.75 and 180.00$^{\circ}$, respectively. It is clarified that the distortion of the Mg-O6 octahedron in magnesite is smaller than that of Ca-O6 in calcite.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.8
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• pp.2483-2488
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• 2012

The X-ray line broadening technique was used to calculate the grain size of MgO at 1023, 1123, 1223 K respectively either in $CO_2$ or during the thermal decomposition of magnesites in air as well as in vacuum. By referring to the conventional grain growth equation, $D^n=kt$, the activation energy and pre-exponential factor for the process in air are gained as 125.8 kJ/mol and $1.56{\times}10^8\;nm^4/s$, respectively. Ranman spectroscopy was employed to study the surface structure of MgO obtained during calcination of magnesite, by which the mechanism of grain growth was analyzed and discussed. It is suggested that a kind of highly reactive MgO is produced during the thermal decomposition of magnesites, which is exactly the reason why the activation energy of the grain growth during the thermal decomposition of magnesite is lower than that of bulk diffusion or surface diffusion.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.606-611
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• 2007

This study was conducted to beneficiation of magnesite by dry grinding and air classification. The raw ore was ground in a ball mill and pin mill controlled with grinding time and linear velocity of grinding media and fractionated in an air classifier. Pin mill is more efficient than the ball mill for liberation. As a result, the MgO grade of concentrate was 47.1% with recovery of 51.51% for classified with 3,000rpm of air classifier for ground at 13,000rpm in pin mill.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.152-156
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• 1982

The behavior of magnesite during hot pressing is studied from 80$0^{\circ}C$ to 110$0^{\circ}C$ by Knoop hardness test, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The growth of magnesia crystallite in magnesite is observed at 110$0^{\circ}C$ and crystallite size is about 2 microns. It is also observed that hot pressing showes enhanced sinterability comparing to ordinary pressure-less sintering. The magnesia body with 95 per cent of theoretical density is obtained by hot pressing at relatively low temperature such as 110$0^{\circ}C$.

• Mineral and Industry
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.68-71
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• 2005