Magnesium is the chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Mg and atomic number 12 and an atomic mass of 24.31. Magnesium is the eighth most abundant element and constitutes about 2% of the Earth's crust by weight, and it is the third most plentiful element dissolved in seawater. The free element (metal) is not found in nature. Once produced from magnesium salts, this alkaline earth metal is primarily used as an alloying agent to make aluminium-magnesium alloys, sometimes called "magnalium" or "magnelium".
Isotopes
26Mg is a stable isotope that has found application in
isotopic geology, similar to that of
aluminium.
26Mg is a
radiogenic daughter product of
26Al, which has a
half-life of 717,000 years. Large enrichments of stable
26Mg have been observed in the
Ca-Al-rich inclusions of some
carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. The anomalous abundance of
26Mg is attributed to the decay of its parent
26Al in the inclusions. Therefore, the meteorite must have formed in the
solar nebula before the
26Al had decayed. Hence, these fragments are among the oldest objects in the
solar system and have preserved information about its earliest history.
It is conventional to plot 26Mg/24Mg against an Al/Mg ratio. In an isochrone plot, the Al/Mg ratio plotted is27Al/24Mg. The slope of the isochron has no age significance, but indicates the initial 26Al/27Al ratio in the sample at the time when the systems were separated from a common reservoir.
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Rush Limbaugh in Hololulu hospital with chest pain. Doctors stumped. Rush, for petes' sake, take some magnesium!
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Did you hear abt Prime Society "Gunpowder seasoned steak" - potassium nitrate, magnesium, sodium & carbon, sulphur not includedhisfoodblog (Rayner Ng) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:34:54 -0000
Did you hear abt Prime Society "Gunpowder seasoned steak" - potassium nitrate, magnesium, sodium & carbon, sulphur not included
pre "race" hydration - endura and lots of water ... and ... one cheeky gin n tonic ... ahem ... the lime will help my ... magnesium levelswasabhi (abhinavkeswani) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:53:19 -0000
pre "race" hydration - endura and lots of water ... and ... one cheeky gin n tonic ... ahem ... the lime will help my ... magnesium levels
Why do they have to make magnesium citrate so sour?!?! I thought I popped in 10 superlemons all at once in my mouth!preactuweary (Matt) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:42:59 -0000
Why do they have to make magnesium citrate so sour?!?! I thought I popped in 10 superlemons all at once in my mouth!
Just drank a bottle of Magnesium Citrate Oral Solution: Saline Laxative. Colon cleansing time! Got the baby wipes and Desitin ready! Lmao!!!Emilizzy06 (Elizabeth Castillo) Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:20:02 -0000
Just drank a bottle of Magnesium Citrate Oral Solution: Saline Laxative. Colon cleansing time! Got the baby wipes and Desitin ready! Lmao!!!
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