An electrolyte for energy efficient magnesium electrolytic cells

153-156<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";mso-bidi-font-family:="" "times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;="" mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">The new generation cells for magnesium metal extraction such as bipolar cells are energy efficient. In such cells, the electrolyte composition plays a major role in obtaining pure metal with less energy consumption. To identify such an electrolyte, a series of experiments have been carried out with alkali and alkaline earth chlorides. A ternary composition consisting of magnesium chloride, sodium chloride and potassium chloride has been found suitable.