
Magnesium
Magnesium appears as a light silvery metal. The more finely divided material reacts with water to liberate hydrogen, a flammable gas, though this reaction is not as vigorous as that of sodium or lithium with water. In finely divided forms is easily ignited. Burns with an intense white flame. Can be wax coated to render magnesium as nonreactive. — CAMEO Chemicals
- IUPAC name
- magnesium
- Molecular formula
- Mg
- Molecular weight
- 24.305 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 23.9850417 Da
- Topological polar surface area
- 0.0 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 0
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:25107
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL1201230
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID0049658
- PubMed:38759447
- PubMed:38605572
- PubMed:33765546
- PubMed:30770447
- PubMed:30542433
- PubMed:30085578
- PubMed:30031400
- PubMed:29661354
- PubMed:29093983
- PubMed:28347468
- PubMed:28159227
- PubMed:26599617
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