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magnesiothermic reduction
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magnesiothermic
reduction
(
uncountable
)
(
chemistry
)
Any reduction
reaction
that uses
magnesium
at an elevated
temperature
; used, for instance, to reduce the
silica
of
diatoms
to
silicon
whilst retaining the complex shapes.