Description & History
mag·ne·sium (1812):
a silver-white light malleable ductile metallic element that occurs abundantly in nature and is used in metallurgical and chemical processes, in photography, signaling, and pyrotechnics because of the intense white light it produces on burning, and in construction especially in the form of light alloys
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Element
| Symbol | Mg |
| Z | 12 |
| Atomic Weight | 24.3199997 |
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| Density | 1.74000001 |
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Edge Energies
(keV)
| K | 1.30499995 |
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| L1 | 0.063000001 |
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| L2 | 0.0496000014 |
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| L3 | 0.0491999984 |
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| M | 0. |
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| K-alpha | 1.25399995 |
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| K-beta | 1.29700005 |
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| L-alpha | 0. |
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| L-beta | 0. |
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Edge jumps
| K | 11.5671673 |
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| L1 | 1.08463252 |
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| L2 | 2.10063171 |
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| L3 | 0. |
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Fluorescence
yield
| K | 0.0299999993 |
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| L1 | 2.90000007E-05 |
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| L2 | 0. |
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| L3 | 1.25399995 |
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