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A grey-silver soft light solid, floats in water, soluble in hot water, burns with bright white light.

add Magnesium has a specific gravity of approx 1.74, which is greater than water (1.0), and is therefore unlikely to float.

But as it is highly reactive, a tendency to 'float' in water may be caused by the oxidation of the metal at its exposed surface, particularly with a thin sample' with the attendant evolution of hydrogen - whose bubbles might momentarily stick to the metal surface, and make it temporarily more buoyant.

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