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Magnesium, 12Mg
Rounded and highly reflective metallic crystals
Magnesium
Pronunciation/mæɡˈnziəm/ (mag-NEE-zee-əm)
Appearanceshiny grey solid
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Mg)
Magnesium in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson
Be

Mg

Ca
sodiummagnesiumaluminium
kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization128 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity24.869[4] J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 701 773 861 971 1132 1361
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: +2
0,
Discovery
Joseph Black (1755[11])
First isolationHumphry Davy (1808[11])
Isotopes of magnesium
Main isotopes[12] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
24Mg 79%
stable
25Mg 10% stable
26Mg 11% stable
 Category: Magnesium
| references

Magnesium is a

symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray metal having a low density, low melting point and high chemical reactivity. Like the other alkaline earth metals (group 2 of the periodic table), it occurs naturally only in combination with other elements and almost always has an oxidation state of +2. It reacts readily with air to form a thin passivation coating of magnesium oxide that inhibits further corrosion of the metal. The free metal burns with a brilliant-white light. The metal is obtained mainly by electrolysis of magnesium salts obtained from brine. It is less dense than aluminium and is used primarily as a component in strong and lightweight alloys
that contain aluminium.

In the

helium nuclei to a carbon nucleus. When such stars explode as supernovas, much of the magnesium is expelled into the interstellar medium where it may recycle into new star systems. Magnesium is the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust[13] and the fourth most common element in the Earth (after iron, oxygen and silicon), making up 13% of the planet's mass and a large fraction of the planet's mantle. It is the third most abundant element dissolved in seawater, after sodium and chlorine.[14]

This element is the eleventh most abundant element by mass in the

milk of magnesia), and to stabilize abnormal nerve excitation or blood vessel spasm in such conditions as eclampsia.[15]

Characteristics

Physical properties

Elemental magnesium is a gray-white lightweight metal, two-thirds the density of aluminium. Magnesium has the lowest melting (923 K (650 °C)) and the lowest boiling point (1,363 K (1,090 °C)) of all the alkaline earth metals.[16]

Pure polycrystalline magnesium is brittle and easily fractures along shear bands. It becomes much more malleable when alloyed with small amounts of other metals, such as 1% aluminium.[17] The malleability of polycrystalline magnesium can also be significantly improved by reducing its grain size to about 1 μm or less.[18]

When finely powdered, magnesium reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas:

Mg(s) + 2 H2O(g) → Mg(OH)2(aq) + H2(g) + 1203.6 kJ/mol

However, this reaction is much less dramatic than the reactions of the alkali metals with water, because the magnesium hydroxide builds up on the surface of the magnesium metal and inhibits further reaction.[19]

Chemical properties

Oxidation

The principal property of magnesium metal is its reducing power. One hint is that it

alkaline earth metals, an oxygen-free environment is unnecessary for storage because magnesium is protected by a thin layer of oxide that is fairly impermeable and difficult to remove.[20]

Direct reaction of magnesium with air or oxygen at ambient pressure forms only the "normal" oxide MgO. However, this oxide may be combined with hydrogen peroxide to form magnesium peroxide, MgO2, and at low temperature the peroxide may be further reacted with ozone to form magnesium superoxide Mg(O2)2.[21]

Magnesium reacts with nitrogen in the solid state if it is powdered and heated to just below the melting point, forming Magnesium nitride Mg3N2.[22]

Magnesium reacts with water at room temperature, though it reacts much more slowly than calcium, a similar group 2 metal.[20] When submerged in water, hydrogen bubbles form slowly on the surface of the metal; this reaction happens much more rapidly with powdered magnesium.[20] The reaction also occurs faster with higher temperatures (see § Safety precautions). Magnesium's reversible reaction with water can be harnessed to store energy and run a magnesium-based engine. Magnesium also reacts exothermically with most acids such as hydrochloric acid (HCl), producing magnesium chloride and hydrogen gas, similar to the HCl reaction with aluminium, zinc, and many other metals.[23] Although it is difficult to ignite in mass or bulk, magnesium metal will ignite.

Magnesium may also be used as an igniter for thermite, a mixture of aluminium and iron oxide powder that ignites only at a very high temperature.

Organic chemistry

Organomagnesium compounds are widespread in

carbonyl
group.

A prominent organomagnesium reagent beyond Grignard reagents is magnesium anthracene, which is used as a source of highly active magnesium. The related butadiene-magnesium adduct serves as a source for the butadiene dianion.

Complexes of dimagnesium(I) have been observed.[24]

Detection in solution

The presence of magnesium ions can be detected by the addition of

ammonium hydroxide and monosodium phosphate
to an aqueous or dilute HCl solution of the salt. The formation of a white precipitate indicates the presence of magnesium ions.

Azo violet dye can also be used, turning deep blue in the presence of an alkaline solution of magnesium salt. The color is due to the adsorption of azo violet by Mg(OH)2.

Forms

Alloys

cold rolling
(top). However, after alloying Mg with 1% Al and 0.1% Ca, its thickness could be reduced by 54% using the same process (bottom).

As of 2013, magnesium alloys consumption was less than one million tonnes per year, compared with 50 million tonnes of aluminium alloys. Their use has been historically limited by the tendency of Mg alloys to corrode,[25] creep at high temperatures, and combust.[26]

Corrosion

In magnesium alloys, the presence of

intermetallic compounds, and the precipitate locales function as active cathodic sites that reduce water, causing the loss of magnesium.[26] Controlling the quantity of these metals improves corrosion resistance. Sufficient manganese overcomes the corrosive effects of iron. This requires precise control over composition, increasing costs.[26] Adding a cathodic poison captures atomic hydrogen within the structure of a metal. This prevents the formation of free hydrogen gas, an essential factor of corrosive chemical processes. The addition of about one in three hundred parts arsenic reduces the corrosion rate of magnesium in a salt solution by a factor of nearly ten.[26][27]

High-temperature creep and flammability

Magnesium's tendency to

liquidus and in some cases potentially pushing it close to magnesium's boiling point.[29]

Compounds

Magnesium forms a variety of compounds important to industry and biology, including

Epsom salts).[30][31]

As recently as 2020, magnesium hydride was under investigation as a way to store hydrogen.[32][33]

Isotopes

Magnesium has three stable isotopes: 24
Mg
, 25
Mg
and 26
Mg
. All are present in significant amounts in nature (see table of isotopes above). About 79% of Mg is 24
Mg
. The isotope 28
Mg
is radioactive and in the 1950s to 1970s was produced by several nuclear power plants for use in scientific experiments. This isotope has a relatively short half-life (21 hours) and its use was limited by shipping times.

The nuclide 26
Mg
has found application in

solar nebula before the 26
Al
had decayed. These are among the oldest objects in the Solar System
and contain preserved information about its early history.

It is conventional to plot 26
Mg
/24
Mg
against an Al/Mg ratio. In an
isochron dating plot, the Al/Mg ratio plotted is 27
Al
/24
Mg
. The slope of the isochron has no age significance, but indicates the initial 26
Al
/27
Al
ratio in the sample at the time when the systems were separated from a common reservoir.

Production

Magnesium sheets and ingots

Occurrence

Magnesium is the eighth-most-abundant element in the Earth's crust by mass and tied in seventh place with

molarity.[13] It is found in large deposits of magnesite, dolomite, and other minerals, and in mineral waters, where magnesium ion is soluble.[34]

Although magnesium is found in more than 60 minerals, only dolomite, magnesite, brucite, carnallite, talc, and olivine are of commercial importance.[35]

The Mg2+

cation
is the second-most-abundant cation in seawater (about 18 the mass of sodium ions in a given sample), which makes seawater and sea salt attractive commercial sources for Mg.

Production quantities

World production was approximately 1,100 kt in 2017, with the bulk being produced in China (930 kt) and Russia (60 kt).[36] The United States was in the 20th century the major world supplier of this metal, supplying 45% of world production even as recently as 1995. Since the Chinese mastery of the Pidgeon process the US market share is at 7%, with a single US producer left as of 2013: US Magnesium, a Renco Group company located on the shores of the Great Salt Lake.[37]

In September 2021, China took steps to reduce production of magnesium as a result of a government initiative to reduce energy availability for manufacturing industries, leading to a significant price increase.[38]

Pidgeon and Bolzano processes

An Iranian worker tends to the Pidgeon process

The Pidgeon process and the Bolzano process are similar. In both, magnesium oxide is the precursor to magnesium metal. The magnesium oxide is produced as a solid solution with calcium oxide by calcining the mineral dolomite, which is a solid solution of calcium and magnesium carbonates:

CaCO3·MgCO3 → MgO·CaO + 2 CO2

Reduction occurs at high temperatures with silicon. A ferrosilicon alloy is used rather than pure silicon as it is more economical. The iron component has no bearing on the reaction, having the simplified equation:[citation needed]

MgO·CaO +Si → 2 Mg + Ca2SiO4

The calcium oxide combines with silicon as the oxygen scavenger, yielding the very stable calcium silicate. The Mg/Ca ratio of the precursors can be adjusted by the addition of MgO or CaO.[39]

The Pidgeon and the Bolzano process differ in the details of the heating and the configuration of the reactor. Both generate gaseous Mg that is condensed and collected. The Pidgeon process dominates the worldwide production.[40][41] The Pidgeon method is less technologically complex and because of distillation/vapour deposition conditions, a high purity product is easily achievable.[40] China is almost completely reliant on the silicothermic Pidgeon process.

Dow process

Besides the Pidgeon process, the second most used process for magnesium production is electrolysis. This is a two step process. The first step is to prepare feedstock containing magnesium chloride and the second step is to dissociate the compound in electrolytic cells as magnesium metal and chlorine gas.[41]

To extract the magnesium,

MgCl
2
+ Ca(OH)
2
Mg(OH)
2
+ CaCl
2

Magnesium hydroxide (brucite) is poorly soluble in water and can be collected by filtration. It reacts with hydrochloric acid to magnesium chloride.[43]

Mg(OH)
2
+ 2 HCl → MgCl
2
+ 2 H
2
O

From magnesium chloride, electrolysis produces magnesium.[44]

The basic reaction is as follows:

MgCl2 → Mg(g) + Cl2(g)

The temperatures at which this reaction is operated is between 680 and 750 °C.[41]

The magnesium chloride can be obtained using the

chlorine gas and the overall reaction being very energy intensive, creating environmental risks.[45] The Pidgeon process is more advantageous regarding its simplicity, shorter construction period, low power consumption and overall good magnesium quality compared to the electrolysis method.[20]

In the United States, magnesium was once obtained principally with the Dow process in

sea water. A saline solution containing Mg2+
ions is first treated with lime (calcium oxide) and the precipitated magnesium hydroxide
is collected:

Mg2+
(aq) + CaO(s) + H
2
O
(l) → Ca2+
(aq) + Mg(OH)
2
(s)

The hydroxide is then converted to magnesium chloride by treatment with hydrochloric acid and heating of the product to eliminate water:

Mg(OH)2 + 2 HCl → MgCl2 + 2 H2O

The salt is then electrolyzed in the molten state. At the cathode, the Mg2+
ion is reduced by two electrons to magnesium metal:

Mg2+
+ 2
e
→ Mg

At the anode, each pair of Cl
ions is oxidized to chlorine gas, releasing two electrons to complete the circuit:

2Cl
Cl
2
(g) + 2
e

Carbothermic process

The carbothermic route to magnesium has been recognized as a low energy, yet high productivity path to magnesium extraction. The chemistry is as follows:

The rotary kiln is used for calcination

C + MgO → CO + Mg

A disadvantage of this method is that slow cooling the vapour can cause the reaction to quickly revert. To prevent this from happening, the magnesium can be dissolved directly in a suitable metal solvent before reversion starts happening. Rapid quenching of the vapour can also be performed to prevent reversion.[46]

YSZ process

A newer process, solid oxide membrane technology, involves the electrolytic reduction of MgO. At the cathode, Mg2+
ion is reduced by two electrons to magnesium metal. The electrolyte is yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). The anode is a liquid metal. At the YSZ/liquid metal anode O2−
is oxidized. A layer of graphite borders the liquid metal anode, and at this interface carbon and oxygen react to form carbon monoxide. When silver is used as the liquid metal anode, there is no reductant carbon or hydrogen needed, and only oxygen gas is evolved at the anode.[47] It was reported in 2011 that this method provides a 40% reduction in cost per pound over the electrolytic reduction method.[48]

Rieke process

Rieke et al. developed a "general approach for preparing highly reactive metal powders by reducing metal salts in ethereal or hydrocarbon solvents using alkali metals as reducing agents" now known as the

Rieke metals in 1989,[50] one of which was Rieke-magnesium, first produced in 1974.[51]

History

The name magnesium originates from the Greek word for locations related to the tribe of the Magnetes, either a district in Thessaly called Magnesia[52] or Magnesia ad Sipylum, now in Turkey.[53] It is related to magnetite and manganese, which also originated from this area, and required differentiation as separate substances. See manganese for this history.

In 1618, a farmer at Epsom in England attempted to give his cows water from a local well. The cows refused to drink because of the water's bitter taste, but the farmer noticed that the water seemed to heal scratches and rashes. The substance obtained by evaporating the water became known as Epsom salts and its fame spread.[54] It was eventually recognized as hydrated magnesium sulfate, MgSO
4
·7 H
2
O
.[55]

The metal itself was first isolated by

magnesia and mercuric oxide.[56] Antoine Bussy prepared it in coherent form in 1831. Davy's first suggestion for a name was 'magnium',[56] but the name magnesium is now used in most European languages.[57]

Further discoveries about magnesium were made by the father of

Nikolai Beketov
(1827-1911), who established that magnesium and zinc displaced other metals from their salts under high temperatures.

Uses

Magnesium metal

in 1930

Magnesium is the third-most-commonly-used structural metal, following

die-casting (alloyed with zinc),[59] removing sulfur in the production of iron and steel, and the production of titanium in the Kroll process.[60]

Magnesium is used in lightweight materials and alloys. For example, when infused with silicon carbide nanoparticles, it has extremely high specific strength.[61]

Historically, magnesium was one of the main aerospace construction metals and was used for German military aircraft as early as World War I and extensively for German aircraft in World War II. The Germans coined the name "Elektron" for magnesium alloy, a term which is still used today. In the commercial aerospace industry, magnesium was generally restricted to engine-related components, due to fire and corrosion hazards. Magnesium alloy use in aerospace is increasing in the 21st century, driven by the importance of fuel economy.[62] Magnesium alloys can act as replacements for aluminium and steel alloys in structural applications.[63][64]

Aircraft

  • Wright R-3350 Duplex Cyclone aviation engine. This presented a serious problem for the earliest models of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber when an in-flight engine fire ignited the engine crankcase. The resulting combustion was as hot as 5,600 °F (3,100 °C) and could sever the wing spar from the fuselage.[65][66][67]

Automotive

The Bugatti Type 57 Aérolithe featured a lightweight body made of Elektron, a trademarked magnesium alloy.
  • Mercedes-Benz used the alloy Elektron in the bodywork of an early model Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR; these cars competed in the 1955 World Sportscar Championship including a win at the Mille Miglia, and at Le Mans where one was involved in the 1955 Le Mans disaster when spectators were showered with burning fragments of elektron.[68]
  • Porsche used magnesium alloy frames in the 917/053 that won Le Mans in 1971, and continues to use magnesium alloys for its engine blocks due to the weight advantage.[69]
  • Volkswagen Group has used magnesium in its engine components for many years.[70]
  • paddle shifters.[71]
  • BMW used magnesium alloy blocks in their N52 engine, including an aluminium alloy insert for the cylinder walls and cooling jackets surrounded by a high-temperature magnesium alloy AJ62A. The engine was used worldwide between 2005 and 2011 in various 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 series models; as well as the Z4, X1, X3, and X5.[72]
  • Z06.[73]

Both AJ62A and AE44 are recent developments in high-temperature low-creep magnesium alloys. The general strategy for such alloys is to form intermetallic precipitates at the grain boundaries, for example by adding mischmetal or calcium.[74]

Electronics

Because of low density and good mechanical and electrical properties, magnesium is used for manufacturing of mobile phones, laptop and

tablet computers, cameras, and other electronic components.[75] It was used as a premium feature because of its light weight in some 2020 laptops.[76]

Products made of magnesium: firestarter and shavings, sharpener, magnesium ribbon

Source of light

Magnesium is flammable, burning at a temperature of approximately 3,100 °C (3,370 K; 5,610 °F),[77] and the autoignition temperature of magnesium ribbon is approximately 473 °C (746 K; 883 °F).[78] Magnesium's high combustion temperature makes it a useful tool for starting emergency fires. When burning in air, magnesium produces a brilliant white light that includes strong ultraviolet wavelengths.

Magnesium powder (flash powder) was used for subject illumination in the early days of photography.[79][80] Magnesium filament used in electrically ignited single-use photography flashbulbs replaced this usage eventually. Magnesium powder is used in fireworks and marine flares where a brilliant light is required, and in trick self-relighting birthday candles. It was also used for various theatrical effects,[81] such as lightning,[82] pistol flashes,[83] and supernatural appearances.[84]

Magnesium is often used to ignite thermite or other materials that require a high ignition temperature. Magnesium continues to be used as an

pocket knife and flint
to create sparks that ignite the shavings

Flame temperatures of magnesium and magnesium alloys can reach 3,100 °C (5,610 °F),

which?] was used in incendiary weapons during the firebombing of cities in World War II, where the only practical civil defense was to smother a burning flare under dry sand[why?] to exclude atmosphere from the combustion.[citation needed
]

Chemical reagent

In the form of turnings or ribbons, to prepare Grignard reagents, which are useful in organic synthesis.[89]

Other

Compounds

Magnesium compounds, primarily

nonferrous metals, glass, and cement. Magnesium oxide and other magnesium compounds are also used in the agricultural, chemical, and construction industries. Magnesium oxide from calcination is used as an electrical insulator in fire-resistant cables.[100]

Magnesium reacts with haloalkanes to give Grignard reagents, which are used for a wide variety of organic reactions forming carbon–carbon bonds.[101]

Magnesium salts are included in various

microbe culture media.[105]

Magnesium sulfite is used in the manufacture of paper (sulfite process).[106]

Magnesium phosphate is used to fireproof wood used in construction.[107]

Magnesium hexafluorosilicate is used for moth-proofing textiles.[108]

Biological roles

Mechanism of action

The important interaction between

nucleotides to synthesize DNA and RNA. The ATP molecule is normally found in a chelate with a magnesium ion.[109]

Nutrition

Diet

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Examples of food sources of magnesium (clockwise from top left): bran muffins, pumpkin seeds, barley, buckwheat flour, low-fat vanilla yogurt, trail mix, halibut steaks, garbanzo beans, lima beans, soybeans, and spinach

Spices, nuts, cereals, cocoa and vegetables are good sources of magnesium.[15] Green leafy vegetables such as spinach are also rich in magnesium.[110]

Dietary recommendations

In the UK, the recommended daily values by the Dietary Reference Intake for magnesium are 300 mg for men and 270 mg for women.[111]

In the U.S. the

Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are 400 mg for men ages 19–30 and 420 mg for older; for women 310 mg for ages 19–30 and 320 mg for older.[112]

Supplementation

Numerous

pharmaceutical preparations of magnesium and dietary supplements are available. In two human trials magnesium oxide, one of the most common forms in magnesium dietary supplements because of its high magnesium content per weight, was less bioavailable than magnesium citrate, chloride, lactate or aspartate.[113][114]

Metabolism

An adult body contains 22–26 grams of magnesium,

phytate, and fat in the gut. Unabsorbed dietary magnesium is excreted in feces; absorbed magnesium is excreted in urine and sweat.[117]

Detection in serum and plasma

Magnesium status may be assessed by measuring serum and erythrocyte magnesium concentrations coupled with urinary and fecal magnesium content, but intravenous magnesium loading tests are more accurate and practical.[118] A retention of 20% or more of the injected amount indicates deficiency.[119] As of 2004, no biomarker has been established for magnesium.[120]

Magnesium concentrations in plasma or serum may be monitored for efficacy and safety in those receiving the drug therapeutically, to confirm the diagnosis in potential poisoning victims. The newborn children of mothers who received parenteral magnesium sulfate during labor may exhibit toxicity with normal serum magnesium levels.[121]

Deficiency

Low plasma magnesium (

diabetes mellitus type 2, fasciculation, and hypertension.[124]

Therapy

Other medical applications

Sorted by type of magnesium salt, other therapeutic applications include:

Overdose

Overdose from dietary sources alone is unlikely because excess magnesium in the blood is promptly filtered by the

cardiac arrhythmia, and death from cardiac arrest.[116]

Function in plants

Plants require magnesium to synthesize

Magnesium deficiency in plants causes late-season yellowing between leaf veins,[135]
especially in older leaves, and can be corrected by either applying epsom salts (which is rapidly leached), or crushed dolomitic limestone, to the soil.

Safety precautions

Magnesium
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS02: Flammable
Danger
H228, H251, H261
P210, P231, P235, P410, P422[136]
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
Magnesium block heated with blow torch to self-combustion, emitting intense white light

Magnesium metal and its alloys can be explosive hazards; they are highly flammable in their pure form when molten or in powder or ribbon form. Burning or molten magnesium reacts violently with water. When working with powdered magnesium,

safety glasses with eye protection and UV filters (such as welders use) are employed because burning magnesium produces ultraviolet light that can permanently damage the retina of a human eye.[138]

Magnesium is capable of reducing

water and releasing highly flammable hydrogen gas:[139]

Mg(s) + 2 H
2
O
(l) →
Mg(OH)
2
(s) + H
2
(g)

Therefore, water cannot extinguish magnesium fires. The hydrogen gas produced intensifies the fire. Dry sand is an effective smothering agent, but only on relatively level and flat surfaces.

Magnesium reacts with carbon dioxide exothermically to form magnesium oxide and carbon:[88]

2 Mg(s) + CO
2
(g) → 2 MgO(s) + C(s)

Hence, carbon dioxide fuels rather than extinguishes magnesium fires.

Burning magnesium can be quenched by using a Class D dry chemical fire extinguisher, or by covering the fire with sand or magnesium foundry flux to remove its air source.[140]

See also

Notes

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