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Richard Casady Richard Casady is offline
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:59:08 -0800, "Calif Bill"
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Magnesium does a rapid exothermic oxidation.
A chemist would probably say that it burns with a brilliant white
light. They use it in flares.

Casady
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