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 Uses:

  • Magnesium is used in flares and pyrotechnics, including incendiary bombs, signals, and flares, and as a fuse for thermite.
  • Magnesium is used in alloys used for aircraft, care engine casings, and missile construction.
  • Magnesium is used as a reducing agent for the product of uranium and other metals from their salts
  • Magnesium's hydroxide, chloride, sulphate, and citrate are used in medicine.
  • Magnesium oxide is refractory and is used as bricks and liners in furnaces
  • Magnesium is used to make organomagnesium compouds, useful in organic synthesis
  • Magnesium is used in computer for radio frequency shielding.
  • Magnesium is also used in luggage frames, portable power tools, cameras, and optical instruments.
  • Magnesium Sulfate can be used as a dietary supplement or a laxative for animals.

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