Easy way to tell magnesium from aluminum?

I bought a Halibrand Champ quickchange and thought it was aluminum, but it looks like it has been painted and where the paint is flaking off, it looks dark like magnesium, are there any simple tests I can do to find out? It's a Culver City rear. Thanks.

 

Scrape some shavings off and lite a match to them. Mag will burn brightly.......OLDBEET

 

as far as i know all the culver city stuff was mag.....brandon

 

You have to lick it to be for sure......

 

burn the fucker

 

Bring it to the Bend In The Road on Sat night of Speedweek. We'll test it for you...

 

Magnesium tastes like chicken.

 

Vinegar, if it fizzez at all, magnesium.

 

the v8 culver city rears are aluminum.the open tube end bearing plates were magnesium but its possible for some of the v8 centers were cast in magnesium mike

 

Thanks for all the help guys, I tried licking and it does taste like chicken but can someone tell what aluminum takes like so I can compare

Polisher-I'll try the vinegar trick, thanks.

 

Doesn't aluminum smell like tuna and taste like chicken?

 

Al taste your woman in the hot summer time

 

Take a big oil barrel and drill some holes in the bottom. Fill with wood, coal, get the fire going and get it really hot. Place the quickchange in it.

If the metal comes out the bottom, it was aluminium. If it burns like a bastard and melts the barrel, it was magnesium.

 

Mine tastes like rust....