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=Magnesium was discovered in 1808 by a British chemist,= =Sir Humphrey Davy. But it was Michael Faraday who produced= =the magnesium metal through the process of electrolysis.= =This experiment was conducted in the year 1833. The first= =commercial production of magnesium is still credited to a= =German scientist by the name of Robert Bunsen. He started= =in he year 1852.=

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