There is provided a process for producing high-purity magnesium hydroxide by reaction of magnesium or reactive magnesium compounds with hydroxy compounds yielding magnesium alkoxides, followed by hydrolysis to form magnesium hydroxide, or a process for producing magnesium oxide by calcination of magnesium hydroxide.

É fornecido um processo produzindo o hydroxide high-purity do magnésio pela reação do magnésio ou de compostos reactive do magnésio com os compostos hydroxy que rendem alkoxides do magnésio, seguida pelo hydrolysis para dar forma ao hydroxide do magnésio, ou um processo para produzir o óxido do magnésio pelo calcination do hydroxide do magnésio.