How is magnesium made from salt water?

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I’m writing a book and part of it involves an alchemist making magnesium from sea water but I don’t understand the actual process enough to come up with an old-timey, semi-magic equivalent.

I didn’t take chemistry past tenth grade so all the videos and articles online make no sense to me after a paragraph or a minute.

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1. Collect lots of salt water. 2 Let it bake in the sun for a while. 3. Add skaked lime and heat with other chemicals that will increase conductivity. 4. Electrocute water to discharge salts from magnesium. 5 Collect magnesium from water. 6. Protect collected magnesium from oxidation using inert gases.

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