Magnesium

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Key Facts

Abbreviation
Mg
Pronunciation
/mægˈniziəm/
Category
Academic & Science
Related Field
Chemistry

Examples in Context

  1. A lack of magnesium causes muscles to go into spasm.
  2. The chief differences between chlorophyll and heme are the presence of a magnesium atom in the center of the porphyrin ring.
  3. It has been suggested that magnesium form a chelated structure with the phosphate groups.
  4. The film is deposited on the surface of the glass by evaporating crystals, usually of cryolite or magnesium fluoride, in a vaccum.
  5. A method for continuous titration of calcium and magnesium using EDTA is proposed in this paper.

Other meanings of Mg