McKinney,+Tremia

​​ M a g n e s i u m Properties : · Atomic Number-12 · Atomic Mass-24.305 · <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 28pt;">Solid <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Cooper Black','serif'; font-size: 28pt;">Metal <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; msoansilanguage: EN;">In 1618, a farmer at Epsom in England attempted to give his cows water from a well. They refused to drink because of the water's bitter taste. However the farmer noticed that the water seemed to heal scratches and rashes. The fame of Epsom Salt spread. Eventually they were recognized to be hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO4. The name originates from a Greek word Magnesia. Common Uses...

used in flares and pyrotechnics, including incendiary bombs. It was used in flash photography, it is lighter than aluminium, and is used in alloys used for aircraft, car engine casings, and missile construction it is used a reducing agent for the production of uranium and other metals from their salts the hydroxide (milk of magnesia), chloride, sulphate (Epsom salts), and the citrate are used in medicine magnesium oxide is refractory and used as bricks and liners in furnaces used to make organomagnesium compounds (Grignard reagents), useful in organic synthesis used in computers for radio-frequency shielding



Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium

http://webelements.com/magnesium/

http://chemicalelements.com /