Mg

MAGNESIUM

Definition From "magnesia" and ancient city in asiaIt is the lightest metal that remains stable under ordinary condition. it affects the gratest weight among metals but recidily corrodes

Discovery 1808 by sir Humphry davy of britain

Uses bicycle parts, bricks of furnaces, medicine

Group of Elements Alkaline earth metals(SoliD)

Atomic Weight 24.3050

Oxidation State +2

Melting Point 649

Boiling Point 1090

Density 1.74 g/cm3

Electronegativity 1.2