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Magnesium is the lightest of all structural metals, weighing roughly a third less than Aluminium. In a world where every gram counts, from extending the range of an electric vehicle to launching payloads into orbit, Magnesium is the critical ingredient for ultimate lightweighting. It provides the perfect balance of low density and high strength when alloyed with other metals.
As a trusted UK manufacturer of high-purity metals, Less Common Metals (LCM) is perfectly positioned to support the advanced alloying industry. Located in Ellesmere Port, UK, we provide the high-grade Magnesium that aerospace, automotive, and metallurgical sectors rely on to build lighter, faster, and more efficient technology.
| Composition | Magnesium 99.9% |
| Common metallic impurities | Trace metals basis |
| Physical Description | Shiny grey solid in appearance |
| Analytics | ICP-OES |
| Certificate of analysis | Available upon request |
| Packaging | Packed in sealed polythene bags and supplied in securely sealed metal drums, resistant to the impregnation of water |
Magnesium is a shiny, silvery-white alkaline earth metal. In nature, it’s highly abundant and most commonly extracted through the electrolysis of magnesium salts found in seawater and brine. While bulk Magnesium is stable, in its powdered or thin-ribbon form, free metal Magnesium is famous for igniting and burning with a characteristic, brilliant-white light. A property that makes it highly reactive and useful in pyrotechnics and chemical synthesis.
Magnesium’s primary industrial value lies in its ability to transform other metals, though its chemical compounds are equally vital:
As the automotive industry shifts entirely toward electric vehicles, “lightweighting” has become the primary strategy to offset the massive weight of lithium-ion batteries. Magnesium is at the forefront of this transition. By substituting heavier steel and pure aluminium parts with advanced Aluminium-Magnesium alloys, manufacturers can drastically increase battery range and overall vehicle efficiency, making Magnesium a highly strategic metal for the future of transport.
