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Magnesium is an element so is not made of other elements.

An atomic physicist might tell us that Magnesium could be split into lighter components in a nuclear reactor but I think Magnesium is itself too light for that to be possible.

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No, magnesium is not a compound made up of two separate elements. It is an individual element with the atomic symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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