Magnesium Micron Powder

Magnesium is the eighth most abundant element and constitutes about 2% on the Earth's crust by weight, and it is the third most plentiful element dissolved in seawater. It is very abundant in nature, and it is found in important quantities in many rocky minerals, like dolomite, magnetite, olivine and serpentine. Magnesium is known for a long time as the lighter structural metal in the industry, due to its low weight and its capability of forming mechanically resistant alloys. Magnesium (in powder form) can form compounds with other elements and these compounds are used as refractory material in furnace linings for producing metals (iron and steel, nonferrous metals), glass, and cement. Magnesium micron powders are useful in any application where high surface areas are desired such as in water treatment and in fuel cell and solar applications. They also have many useful chemical and metallurgic properties, which make it appropriate for many other non-structural applications