TYPE OF AGENT – Incendiary

NAME (COMMON) – Magnesium, Mg

TYPE OF MATERIAL – Elemental metal

DATE OF DISCOVERY – 1808

ATOMIC WEIGHT – 24.32

PHYSICAL STATE @ 20° C. – Grey-white metal

IGNITION POINT – 623° C.(1,153° F.)

FREEZING/MELTING POINT – 651° C.(1,204° F.)

BOILING POINT – 1,100° C.(2,212° F.)

BURNING TEMPERATURE – 1,982° C. (3,560° F.)

SOLID DENSITY – 1.74 g/cc

BURNING CHARACTERISTICS – Burns with a blinding white flame and melts while burning with the liquid metal flowing and igniting flammable material. Burning will stop if all oxygen is consumed or blocked or the metal is cooled below its ignition temperature.

USE – Lightweight casing for incendiary munitions, igniters