I was wrong - it is steel.

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar98/889912488.Ch.r.html

I don't remember when I was told it was magnesium - I don't remember a
time I didn't think of it as magnesium.

If you ever need a lot of steel wool (including four-inch wide
continuous ribbon wound in a 5 pound roll) then go here:
http://www.keysan.com/ksubl16.htm?src=google

(You can never have too much steel wool...)

-Adam

Brendan Moran wrote:

>>Steel wool?  Magnesium?
>>
>>You might want to point out that they should use real steel - common
>>'steel wool' may simply make the problem worse as its made of fine spun
>>magnesium - rather flammable and difficult to put out.
>>
>>
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>Really?  I've lit of steel wool on fire by passing a moderate electric
>current through it, and never gotten a flame that would make me think it was
>mgnesium...
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