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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about the first "useful" metal on the periodic table. It famously burns very brightly when exposed to flame. It's magnesium.

What is the name of the organic molecule that gives the green color to plants, and which has one magnesium atom in the middle of a structure composed of carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen atoms?

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