Alkaline Earth Metals Magnesium(Mg) Atomic Number 12 Named after Magnesia a region of Thessaly, Greece Found by Sir Humphry Davy Dylan Furrow 1-7 1
Alkaline Earth Metals Atomic mass of 24 Melts at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit Gas at 2025 degrees Fahrenheit Dylan Furrow 1-7 2
Alkaline Earth Metals Some uses of magnesium are: to purify steel, make flares, and to make aircrafts Since it’s lighter than aluminum it makes a great substitute for it Also magnesium makes up about.13% of the oceans water Dylan Furrow 1-7 3
Magnesium Picture This is a picture of magnesium bars 4
More Magnesium Fun Facts: China controls about 80% of the worlds magnesium. It’s also the 9 th most abundant element in the universe. Magnesium is present in all cells of the body. And finally magnesium is produced when stars combine helium and neon. 5
Bibliography !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Book by Collin Utley. Made by Benchmark Books in the year 2000 in New York. Book name The Elements Magnesium. hools.com/facts/pe riodic_table/magn esium_facts/191/ 6