I think we need to pause a moment here to consider how *ahem* metal this sounds — electrocuting lava to break it down into metallic magnesium and gaseous chlorine! Magnesium can also be ...

Why such popularity? The reactivity of a carbon–magnesium bond can be readily tuned by appropriate transmetallations with many metallic salts, increasing its use in synthesis dramatically.

There’s no debating that metallic sodium is exciting stuff ... is easily and cheaply available – NaOH from drain cleaner, magnesium from fire starters, and mineral oil to keep things calm.

WHEN metals, for example, mild steel, corrode in aqueous solution it is commonly accepted that certain electrolytes, notably chlorides, sulphates, etc., are corrosive, whereas other electrolytes ...