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Magnesium vs. Iron — What's the Difference?

Magnesium vs. Iron — What's the Difference?

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. It is a shiny gray solid which bears a close physical resemblance to the other five elements in the second column (group 2, or alkaline earth metals) of the periodic table: all group 2 elements have the same electron configuration in the outer electron shell and a similar crystal structure.

Iron

Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table.

Magnesium

A light, silvery-white, moderately hard metallic element that in ribbon or powder form burns with a brilliant white flame. Obtained chiefly from magnesite, dolomite, and bodies of salt water, it is used in structural alloys, pyrotechnics, flash photography, and incendiary bombs. Atomic number 12; atomic weight 24.305; melting point 650°C; boiling point 1,090°C; specific gravity 1.738 (at 20°C); valence 2. See Periodic Table.

Iron

Symbol Fe A silvery-white, lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable, metallic element occurring abundantly in combined forms, notably in hematite, limonite, magnetite, and taconite, and used alloyed in a wide range of important structural materials. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.845; melting point 1,538°C; boiling point 2,861°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6. See Periodic Table.

Magnesium

The chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12. It is a light, easily flammable, silvery-white alkaline earth metal.
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Iron

An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing.

Magnesium

A light silver-white metallic element of atomic number 12, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.305. Specific gravity, 1.75.

Iron

Great hardness or strength; firmness
A will of iron.

Magnesium

A light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine)

Iron

(Sports) Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft.

Iron

A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric.

Iron

A harpoon.

Iron

Irons Fetters; shackles.

Iron

A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement.

Iron

Made of or containing iron
Iron bars.
An iron alloy.

Iron

Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance
An iron constitution.

Iron

Inflexible; unyielding
Iron resolve.

Iron

Holding tightly; very firm
Has an iron grip.

Iron

To press and smooth with a heated iron
Iron clothes.

Iron

To remove (creases) by pressing.

Iron

To put into irons; fetter.

Iron

To fit or clad with iron.

Iron

To iron clothes.

Iron

(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

Iron

A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

Iron

Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
Wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron

Iron

(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

Iron

(usually plural, irons) shackles.

Iron

(slang) A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.

Iron

(uncountable) A dark shade of the color silver.

Iron

A male homosexual.

Iron

(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

Iron

Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
A will of iron
He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron.

Iron

(weightlifting) Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
He lifts iron on the weekends.

Iron

A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make up only a few percent of all meteorites.

Iron

A safety curtain in a theatre.

Iron

Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

Iron

(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

Iron

(figuratively) Strong as of will, inflexible.
She had an iron will.
He held on with an iron grip.
An iron constitution
Iron men

Iron

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

Iron

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Iron

(transitive) To furnish or arm with iron.
To iron a wagon

Iron

The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic number 26, atomic weight 55.847. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.

Iron

An instrument or utensil made of iron; - chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.
My young soldier, put up your iron.

Iron

Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.
Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.

Iron

Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.

Iron

An iron-headed club with a deep face, chiefly used in making approaches, lifting a ball over hazards, etc.

Iron

Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

Iron

Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.

Iron

Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;

Iron

Rude; hard; harsh; severe.
Iron years of wars and dangers.
Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.

Iron

Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

Iron

Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.

Iron

Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

Iron

To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; - sometimes used with out.

Iron

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Iron

To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

Iron

A heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

Iron

A golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

Iron

Metal shackles; for hands or legs

Iron

Implement used to brand live stock

Iron

Home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

Iron

Press and smooth with a heated iron;
Press your shirts

Iron

Extremely robust;
An iron constitution

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