MAGNESIUM

Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element with the symbol Mg and atomic number 12. Its common oxidation number is +2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth-most-abundant element in the Earth's crust and ninth in the known universe as a whole. Magnesium is the fourth-most-common element in the Earth as a whole, making up 13% of the planet's mass and a large fraction of the planet's mantle. The relative abundance of magnesium is related to the fact that it easily builds up in supernova stars from a sequential addition of three helium nuclei to carbon . Due to magnesium ion's high solubility in water, it is the third-most-abundant element dissolved in ...

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magnesium

Noun

  1. A light, flammable, silvery metal, and a chemical element (symbol Mg) with an atomic number of 12.


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