Originally Posted by
ChrisWagner
And dangerously. Attending fire fighting school in the Navy, I learned burning Mg is impossible to extinguish. Jets are/were constructed with magnesium. Burning Mg explodes when doused with water, CO2 is broken down and the fire burns the oxygen for more flame. Our instruction was to coat nearby fuel for fire sources with foam and push it overboard.
Non-flammable magnesium alloys have been a thing for some time now, but it would make a cool YouTube video.