May atomikong timbang na 24.312, punto ng pagkatunaw na 651 °C, punto ng pagkulong 1,107 °C, espesipikong grabidad na 1.74, at V na 2) ay isang elementong metalikong may katangian ng pagiging magaan, parang pilak, at medyo may katigasan lamang. Kapag nasa anyong pulbos o kaya laso o ribon, nagsasanhi ito ng maputi at maliwanag na liwanag kung nasusunog o kapag sumasabog. Nagagamit ito sa paggawa ng mga pailaw (mga pirotekniko o luses, aloy, pasiklab o flash sa Ingles ng kamera, at mga bomba. Natuklasan ito ni Humphry Davy noong 1808.[13]
↑The thermal expansion is anisotropic: the parameters (at 20 °C) for each crystal axis are αa = 25.31×10−6/K, αc = 27.03×10−6/K, and αaverage = αV/3 = 25.91×10−6/K.[3]
↑ 3.03.13.23.3Arblaster, John W. (2018). Selected Values of the Crystallographic Properties of Elements. Materials Park, Ohio: ASM International. ISBN978-1-62708-155-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
↑Mg(0) has been synthesized in a compound containing a Na2Mg22+ cluster coordinated to a bulky organic ligand; see Rösch, B.; Gentner, T. X.; Eyselein, J.; Langer, J.; Elsen, H.; Li, W.; Harder, S. (2021). "Strongly reducing magnesium(0) complexes". Nature (sa wikang Ingles). 592 (7856): 717–721. Bibcode:2021Natur.592..717R. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03401-w. PMID33911274. S2CID233447380{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
↑Gschneider, K. A. (1964). Physical Properties and Interrelationships of Metallic and Semimetallic Elements. Solid State Physics. Bol. 16. p. 308. doi:10.1016/S0081-1947(08)60518-4. ISBN9780126077162.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)