Magnesium
This is the front side of the game card for Maggie the Magnesium Horned Unicorn. Click the pic to take a look at all the fun info on the back. Use it as a memorization tool, a trading card or as science class prizes and rewards.
Article – The Magical Periodic Table Element – Magnesium – https://sybrina.com/2024/01/29/the-magical-periodic-table-element-magnesium/
Article – https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2805-magnesium
Article – Foods You Should Eat If You Need More Magnesium – https://www.healthdigest.com/726183/foods-you-should-eat-if-you-need-more-magnesium/
Article – Magnesium and Your Health – https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
Article About Magnesium Discoverer – https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/humphry-davy
Article – Then And Now – Magnesium – https://sybrina.com/2024/01/26/then-and-now-the-periodic-table-element-magnesium/
Fact Sheet – https://www.breakingatom.com/elements/magnesium
Fact Sheet – Magnesite – https://www.statista.com/statistics/264953/global-reserves-of-magnesium-by-major-countries/
Video – https://youtu.be/Hu385YwuRaM
Lesson – Magnesium – https://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=magnesium
Lesson – School Projects With Magnesium – https://sciencing.com/school-projects-magnesium-7920262.html
Wiki – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium
Links and Notes for Maggie’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:
Magnesium and chlorophyll (why “no metal, no magic” / stripped magnesium kills plants)
- Role of Magnesium in the process of Photosynthesis — explains magnesium as the central atom of the chlorophyll molecule.
- Magnesium transport and function in plants: the tip of the iceberg (PubMed) — peer-reviewed review of magnesium’s physiological roles in plants.
- For October, magnesium helps the leaves stay green (ASBMB) — explainer on magnesium’s structural role in chlorophyll.
Magnesium deficiency symptoms (the dying, chlorosis-style crop failure in Vel’Shan)
- Magnesium Deficiency in Plants: Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions
- How to identify magnesium deficiency in plants – Bluelab
- Physiological changes caused by magnesium deficiency or excess
Magnesium burning bright/hot (Fenn’s magnesium flares blinding the crystal drakes)
- Magnesium torch (Wikipedia) — background on magnesium’s use as an intense light source.
- How Hot Does Magnesium Burn? — combustion temperature data.
- White heat: Understanding and combating magnesium fires (FireRescue1) — real-world account of why magnesium fires are so intensely bright/white.
- Burning of Magnesium Ribbon in Air — classic classroom demonstration write-up.
Magnesium neutralizing acid (Maggie’s horn dissolving acid streams into “harmless salts”)
- What is the reaction between magnesium oxide and hydrochloric acid? (Guidechem) — magnesium oxide + acid → salt + water, the real chemistry behind the “neutralized into harmless salt crystals” scenes.
- What is the mechanism of Magnesium Oxide? — general acid-base neutralization mechanism.
Magnesium alloys (Maggie’s horn material, the Precursor railings)
- Magnesium Alloy: Components, Types, and Uses (Thomas)
- Properties of Magnesium Alloys (Luxfer MEL Technologies)
- Magnesium Alloys — ScienceDirect Topics overview
Author’s Fantasy License:
Real magnesium doesn’t neutralize acid instantly with “light” the way Maggie’s horn does. That’s a purely invented magic layer on top of real chemistry, and elemental magnesium metal actually reacts with acid to produce hydrogen gas rather than simply “neutralizing” it — it’s magnesium oxide/hydroxide (a base) that does classic acid-neutralization.
