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magnesium
Atomic Number: 12
Atomic mass: 24.305
Melting point: 650 °C
Boiling point: 1107 °C
Electronegativity: 1.2
discoverer: Sir Humphrey Davy
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Description:
Magnesium is a silvery white and very light
metal. Magnesium is very chemically active, it takes the place of hydrogen in boiling water and a great number of metals can be produced by thermic reduction of its salts and oxidized forms with magnesium.
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