Is magnesium anion or cation

Answer 1

i don't know go back to school:) it's a cation!

Answer 2

Magnesium, along with all group two elements, will form a cation. It is more energetically favorable for it two lose two electrons rather than gain six.

Answer 3

Magnesium is an element but it is mostly found in ionic form.

Answer 4

Magnesium will form Mg2+ cation.

It doesn't form any stable anion.

Answer 5

Magnesium sulphate itself is neither an anion or a cation but instead is a salt. Each formula unit of the salt contains a Mg+2 cation and a polyatomic SO4 -2 anion.

Answer 6

Im going to go with cation

Answer 7

Magnesium form the cation Mg2+.

Answer 8

Cation.