MAGNESIUM

FARMERS WELL

• Animals would not drink because of a bitter taste.
• It was also noted that the water had medicinal properties in healing wounds.
• It was later identified to be magnesium sulfate.
• Epsom, England, 1618.
• After that epsom salts gained popularity.

HISTORY

• Joseph black recognized it as an element in 1755
• First isolated by an English chemist; Sir Humphry Davy, in 1808
• It is named after a district in Thessaly, Greece. Magnesia
• Symbol is derived from the word itself.

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• 8th most abundant element in the universe.
• 8th most abundant element in the earths crust.

PROPERTIES OF MAGNESIUM

• Silvery White, Gray, Shiny
• Solid
• Doesn't occur uncombined in nature.
• Sinks in water but is still relatively light.
• Lighter than aluminum.

PROPERTIES CONTINUED

• Its atomic number is 12, The atomic mass is 24.305
• Melting point: 650C
• Boiling point: 1107C
• Alkaline Earth Metal which attributes to its physical properties.

AREAS FOUND

• Found in the earths crust, but not uncomined
• Must be mined.

COST

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USES

• Pyrotechnics because it burns with a blinding white light.
• Aircrafts, rockets because it is lightweight.
• Epsom Salts

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• education.jlab.org
• magnesiumsquare.com
• rsc.org
• lenntech.com
• chemicool.com

MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM