magnesium
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- n a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)
- New production peaks were being reached last week in magnesium, vital war metal in flares, tracer bullets, incendiary bombs (it burns) and airplane construction (it weighs a .
- ANDREW WEIL: Supplemental magnesium is very useful it stabilizes the heart electrically.
- Magnesium, a baby among structural metals, is growing up fast.