MagnesiumMagnesium

By: Kayleigh St.ClairBy: Kayleigh St.Clair

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~Grey/Silver~Grey/Silver

~Burns Bright~Burns Bright

~Melting Point-650.0 °C~Melting Point-650.0 °C

(923.15 K, 1202.0 °F)(923.15 K, 1202.0 °F)

~Boiling Point-1107.0°C ~Boiling Point-1107.0°C

(1380.15 K, 2024.6 °F)(1380.15 K, 2024.6 °F)

~Reacts with air ~Reacts with air

~Light weight~Light weight

~Hexagonal~Hexagonal

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Uses of MagnesiumUses of Magnesium

-Used in Fireworks, Missiles, Air -Used in Fireworks, Missiles, Air PlanesPlanes

-Used to help your body function-Used to help your body function

-Used in other metals to make -Used in other metals to make them strongerthem stronger

-It is mainly used because of it -It is mainly used because of it low density, high chemical low density, high chemical reactivity and the ability to form reactivity and the ability to form intermetallic compounds with intermetallic compounds with other elementsother elements

-It is used a lot to make -It is used a lot to make metal/steel/iron castsmetal/steel/iron casts

Facts About MagnesiumFacts 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)

Discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy

1808

FoundIn a place called Magnesia

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Found in Sea Water

InAir

Planes

Inmissiles

SOLID

Reacts withair

metal

silver/

gray

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/scholar/elements/periodic-table/uses.html

http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html/scholar/elements/periodic-table/uses.html

http://www.webelements.com/webelements

http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Mg.html

http://www.members.tripod.com/Mg/mggen.htm#uses

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp#h1