Do not attempt this reaction unless are a professionally qualified chemist and you have carried out a legally satisfactory hazard assessment. Magnesium metal burns with a very bright light. The picture above shows the colour arising from adding magnesium powder to a burning mixture of potassium chlorate and sucrose. Do not attempt this reaction unless are a professionally qualified chemist and you have carried out a legally satisfactory hazard assessment. Magnesium is an important element for plant and animal life.
Chlorophylls are porphyrins based upon magnesium.
The adult human daily requirement of magnesium is about 0.3 g day -1 . Here is a brief summary of the isolation of magnesium. Magnesium can be made commercially by several processes and would not normally be made in the laboratory because of its ready availability. There are massive amounts of magnesium in seawater. Fe The magnesium may be distilled out from this mixture of products.