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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by inportb on Monday November 21, 2011 @09:00PM (#3263712)
the NeXT case was also not made of pure magnesium
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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by joezydeco on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @05:17PM (#3267655)
Okay, what else was in it? And let's leave things like decals and paint off the list.
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Re:Burning a NeXT Magnesium Cube by inportb on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @06:29PM (#3267934) 

  > magnesium alloy which is specially designed to be difficult to ignite
The story doesn't say what else was in it, but feel free to support the claim that the box was made of pure Mg and not an alloy, modulo things such as decals and paint.
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