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Lead researcher UC Civil Engineering Associate Professor Allan Scott, and his team in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand, have found a new low-carbon method to produce the common mineral, magnesium hydroxide or Mg(OH)
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Associate Professor Scott explains magnesium hydroxide has been widely recognised as one of the most promising materials for ‘carbon mineralization’ (where carbon dioxide or CO₂ is prevented from entering the atmosphere), but until now there hasn’t been an energy-efficient way of producing it.
“Most processes to get magnesium hydroxide typically involve CO₂ emissions. We are proposing a new method to produce magnesium hydroxide from olivine; an abundant mineral here in New Zealand and around the world. Our method uses existing technology, produces useful by-products and most importantly there’s low to zero CO₂ emitted during the process.”
Press Release – University of Canterbury A team of international researchers led by a University of Canterbury (UC) Engineering academic, believe they have discovered a potentially revolutionary key to reducing climate change impacts. Lead researcher UC Civil Engineering Associate Professor …
A team of international researchers led by a University of Canterbury (UC) Engineering academic, believe they have discovered a potentially revolutionary key to reducing climate change impacts.
Lead researcher UC Civil Engineering Associate Professor Allan Scott, and his team in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand, have found a new low-carbon method to produce the common mineral, magnesium hydroxide or Mg(OH)2.
Monday, 15 February 2021, 12:14 pm
A team of international researchers led by a University
of Canterbury (UC) Engineering academic, believe they have
discovered a potentially revolutionary key to reducing
climate change impacts.
Lead researcher UC Civil
Engineering Associate
Professor Allan Scott, and his team in the United
States, United Kingdom and New Zealand, have found a new
low-carbon method to produce the common mineral, magnesium
hydroxide or Mg(OH)2.
Associate Professor Scott
explains magnesium hydroxide has been widely recognised as
one of the most promising materials for ‘carbon
mineralization’ (where carbon dioxide or CO is
prevented from entering the atmosphere), but until now there
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