12 Magnesium 24.305 By: Kayleigh St.Clair

Properties of Magnesium ~Grey/Silver ~Burns Bright ~Melting Point-650.0 °C (923.15 K, 1202.0 °F) ~Boiling Point-1107.0°C (1380.15 K, 2024.6 °F) ~Reacts with air ~Light weight ~Hexagonal 24.305 Mg 12

Uses of Magnesium -Used in Fireworks, Missiles, Air Planes -Used to help your body function -Used in other metals to make them stronger -It is mainly used because of it low density, high chemical reactivity and the ability to form intermetallic compounds with other elements -It is used a lot to make metal/steel/iron casts

Facts About Magnesium -It has the lightest weight out of all the metals on the Periodic Table of Elements at 1.74 g.cm-3 -It is a reactive metal -Your bones have 50% of the total amount Magnesium in your body -Magnesium is one of the minerals that keep our heart pumping -Magnesium was named after the city it was discovered in (city: Magnesia)

In a place called Magnesia metal silver / gray Found in Sea Water In Air Planes SOLID Found In a place called Magnesia metal 1808 Discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy In missiles 24.305 Mg 12 Reacts with air

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