Citation: Hussein AA, Zohdy K, Abdelkreem M (2017) Seawater Bittern a Precursor for Magnesium Chloride Separation: Discussion and

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Figure 2: Composition-density changes during evaporation of sea water at

250°C (the density of the black sea water is 1.011) [1].

Component amount present (g/ 1000 g Seawater

Ca 0.408
SO4 2.643
Mg 1.265
Cl 18.95
K 0.38
Na 10.48
Br 0.065
Total 34.19
Table 1: Composition of sea water.
Tonnes
Fresh Water Brackish Water Saline Water Brine NaCl 1,500,000
MgCl2 1,200,000
Table 2: Levels of concentration of salt in water and given different names. MgSO4 700,000
KCl 238,000
Bromine 20,000
Table 3: Chemicals found in the bittern corresponding to 10 million tons of salt

Figure 3: The evolution of three major marine brine types across deep time [2].

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Citation: Hussein AA, Zohdy K, Abdelkreem M (2017) Seawater Bittern a Precursor for Magnesium Chloride Separation: Discussion and Assessment
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Figure 4: Evaporating seawater and precipitating salts [3].

Figure 5: Deposition of salts during seawater evaporation [4].

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