Who produced the first metallic magnesium?

Created from Britannica articles using AI. AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.

magnesium processing Vapor-deposited magnesium crystals produced from magnesium processing.

The first metallic magnesium was produced in 1828 by the French scientist A.-A.-B. Bussy.1

While the British chemist Humphry Davy is credited with producing an amalgam of magnesium in 1808, Bussy achieved the first production of the metal itself by reducing molten magnesium chloride with metallic potassium.1