Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12. Magnesium only occurs naturally in combination with other elements. It is the one of the least dense of all metals and burns in air with a brilliant-white light. Magnesium is a highly flammable metal, especially when cut into small pieces.
Magnesium is used in the airline industry. From the passage above state one property of the magnesium that is desirable and explain how this might be an advantage.
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I bet it is the density. What would be of more interest is the density-strength ratio, but it does not write of that.
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