you may look also here..   
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Be careful with magnesium chips and shavings: they ingnite readily, also when wet.
A neat trick was to place a handfull of magnesium chips into a fire  to make pictures of folk  around that fire. Magnesium burns  brightly like a flash, just longer.
Still, take care with this,OK?