Extraction of Magnesium Oxide from Boron Mud

摘要

The boron mud is solid waste from a borax factory in Liaoning province, China. The main chemical compositions of the boron mud powder are MgO 43.36%, SiO2 25.99%, Fe2O3 5.55% (shown in Table 1), and its mineral phases are mainly forsterite, magnesite and phlogopite.