IG Farben process

…chloride (now known as the IG Farben process) as well as the technology for electrolyzing this product to magnesium metal and chlorine. Other contributions by IG Farben were the development of numerous cast and malleable alloys, refining and protective fluxes, wrought magnesium products, and a vast number of aircraft and…

…latter method, exemplified by the IG Farben process, lightly burned dolomite is mixed with seawater in a flocculator, where magnesium hydroxide is precipitated out, filtered, and calcined to magnesium oxide. This is mixed with charcoal, formed into globules with the addition of magnesium chloride solution, and dried. The globules are…