13103

Magnesium

ribbon, ≥99.0% Mg basis

• Synonym(s): Magnesium element
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): Mg
• CAS Number: 7439-95-4
• Molecular Weight: 24.31
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 4948473
• EC Number: 231-104-6
• MDL number: MFCD00085308
• UNSPSC Code: 12352300
• PubChem Substance ID: 57647053
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• vapor pressure: 1 mmHg ( 621 °C)
• Quality Level: 100
• assay: ≥99.0% Mg basis
• form: ribbon
• autoignition temp.: 950 °F
• reaction suitability: reagent type: reductant
• resistivity: 4.46 μΩ-cm, 20°C
• size: ~3 mm × 0.2 mm
• impurities: ≤0.05% insoluble in HCl
• bp: 1090 °C (lit.)
• mp: 648 °C (lit.)
• density: 1.74 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• cation traces: Cu: ≤50 mg/kg; Fe: ≤200 mg/kg; Pb: ≤100 mg/kg
• SMILES string: [Mg]
• InChI: 1S/Mg
• InChI key: FYYHWMGAXLPEAU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

Magnesium ribbons can be used to prepare Grignard reagent to synthesize a wide range of reaction intermediates.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS02
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H228,H260
• pcodes: P210 - P223 - P231 + P232 - P370 + P378 - P422
• Hazard Classifications: Flam. Sol. 1 - Water-react 1
• Storage Class: 4.3 - Hazardous materials which set free flammable gases upon contact with water
• wgk_germany: nwg
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges