The invention relates to
chemical technology for producing high-purity
magnesium oxide used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries, in the production of ceramics, glasses,
optical materials,
electronic materials, catalysts,
polymer materials,
transformer steel. High-purity
magnesium oxide having a specific surface area, determined by the BET method, in the range from 5 to 70 m2 / g, an average particle size (d50), determined by
laser diffraction, of not more than 5 µm, characterized in that it has a
mass fraction of
impurity elements of each of Pb, Cd, As, Hg of not more than 0.1 ppm, a
mass fraction of
impurity elements of each of Ba, Zn, Ti, Mn, Co, Mo, V, Sb, Sr of not more than 1 ppm, a
mass fraction of
impurity elements of each of Al, F of not more than 5 ppm, a
mass fraction of impurity elements of each of P, Cr, Ni, K, Li of not more than 10 ppm, a
mass fraction of Fe of not more than 50 ppm, a
mass fraction of Si of not more than 0.01%, a mass fraction of impurity elements of each of Ca, B of not more than 0.02%, a mass fraction of sulphates SO42- of not more than 0.02%, a mass fraction of Na impurity of not more than 0.05%, a mass fraction of
chloride impurity of not more than 0.05% and includes primary particles and agglomerates consisting of primary particles. High-purity
magnesium oxide is obtained by
calcination of magnesium
hydroxide obtained by reacting a purified concentrated
aqueous solution of magnesium
chloride with an
aqueous solution of
sodium hydroxide in a continuous manner at a temperature of 40-90 °C, stirring at a speed of 20-300 rpm at a
molar ratio of OH-:Mg++ ions within the range (1.9÷2.1):1 with the continuous supply of a suspension of magnesium
hydroxide seed crystals into the reaction mass in an amount of 5-200% of the total mass of the supplied initial reagents, and the magnesium hydroxide seed crystals are pre-treated with a concentrated
aqueous solution of magnesium
chloride, after interaction of the reagents, a suspension of magnesium hydroxide is sent for aging at a temperature of 40-90 °C, then hydrothermal
crystallization of magnesium hydroxide particles is carried out in the presence of dihydric
alcohol:
ethylene glycol or
propylene glycol, at a temperature in the range from 120 to 220 ° C, pressure in the range from 0.1 to 2.3 MPa, and a duration
ranging from 1 to 10 hours, the resulting suspension of magnesium hydroxide is filtered, washed, and
calcination of magnesium hydroxide is carried out at a temperature of 700-1100 °C. The obtained high-purity magnesium oxide has high
chemical purity, adjustable specific surface area, pore volume and pore size distribution,
particle size distribution and activity.