SWOME Magnesium Energy System

Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and is a metal. In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy of England produced metallic magnesium by the reduction of magnesium oxide with potassium.

In the Earth's crust, magnesium is found in the minerals magnesite (magnesium carbonate) MgCO3, dolomite (calcium magnesium carbonate) CaMg(CO3)2, and kieserite (hydrated magnesium chloride potassium) KCl·MgCl2·H2O.

Magnesium has structural characteristics similar to aluminum and has various uses as a light metal. It can be used as an alloy material for aircraft and missile production. Magnesium is an important material in the aerospace industry, and magnesium alloys are used to make aircraft bodies, engine parts, etc. Magnesium is also used to manufacture photographic and optical instruments, and its non-structural applications are also widespread.

Pure magnesium has low strength, but magnesium alloy is a good lightweight structural material that is widely used in space technology, aviation, automobile, and instrument industrial sectors. About 5% of magnesium alloy components are used in supersonic aircraft, and a missile generally consumes 100 to 200 kilograms of magnesium alloy. Magnesium is the main component of other alloys (especially aluminum alloys), and it can be used to thermally strengthen aluminum alloys when combined with other elements.

Recently, in the heat of the 2022 Chinese stock market's energy storage product speculation, magnesium has attracted widespread attention, with article headlines such as "Magnesium batteries may become substitutes for lithium batteries." It is worth noting that lithium batteries are the popular power and energy storage varieties of today.

Magnesium is mainly a strategic material in the industrial and military sectors.

Why has magnesium suddenly become a VIP in the new energy industry?