You can find magnesium in group 2 period 3. magnesium is a solid and looks like a silver medal. Magnesium was originally discovered in 1755 by Joseph black. Joseph black was born on 16 April 1728 in the Bordeaux, France. He was one of 12 children. at the age of 12 he was sent to school then later got His medical degree in 1754. Joseph black died in Edinburgh, Scotland on December 6, 1799. magnesium is used in lots of items. it is used in white light, firework sparklers, flares and flash photography. …show more content…
Along with magnesium Chloride, there is chloride.
chloride is found in group 17 period 3. Chloride is a gas with looks like a yellow-green gas. Chloride is very toxic to humans. chloride was used in the world war one. they used it as a smoke boom. Carl Wilhelm Scheele was born on December 9, 1742, at Stralsund in Sweden. Carl was one of eleven children. when Carl was 14 he became a pharmacist in Gothenburg. Chloride was discovered in 1774 by Carl Wilhelm Scheele, who thought it contained oxygen. Chlorine is commonly used to make water clean and also clean swimming
pools.
With magnesium and chloride they create magnesium chloride, not that much of a change. magnesium chloride contains one magnesium two chlorides. it founded by Pierre Delbet in 1951. Pierre was trying to find a way to cure wounds. he found out that magnesium and chloride would not hurt tissue and seal it up without damage. Pierre Delbert was born on November 15, 1861, in La Ferté-Gaucher, France. Pierre was a french surgeon in Paris. he died 17 July 1957 in La Ferté-Gaucher, France. some of the uses of magnesium chloride are wounded cures and for deicing on highways in sidewalks and also parking lots.
Magnesium and chloride form an ionic bond. Covalent bonds are formed when two or more atoms share electrons between them. Ionic bonds are when atoms gain or lose electrons to become charged elements. magnesium is useful and so is chloride, when you add them together they are useful altogether. in your everyday life magnesium or chloride is used or both together. you may see them in your camera or the water your drinking.