Harper InternationalHarper has finalized a contract for a research scale high-temperature reactor to support University of Colorado Boulder’s development of magnesium for lightweight vehicle parts. With a $3.6M grant from the U.S. Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency, the CU-Boulder research team will utilize the Harper reactor to produce magnesium and synthesis gas, or syngas, a precursor for synthetic gasoline.

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