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Magnesium is a metal.
When it burns it forms compounds, to which the terms metal and nonmetal are generally not applied.
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∙ 9y agoThe magnesium in the ash is still a metal, but it has formed a white powdery compound (magnesium oxide) which has none of the properties of metals.
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Is Magnesium bromide metal or non-metal?
Magnesium bromide is a compound and not an element. So question of metal or nonmetal does not arise witch is applied to elements only.
Can carbon and magnesium for an ionic bond?
no. an ionic bond is formed when a metal and nonmetal bond. a metallic bond is formed when a metal and another metal bond. potassium and magnesium are both metals so it forms a metallic bond. (covalent bond = nonmetal + nonmetal)
When magnesium metal is burned in the presence of oxygen magnesium oxide are different than the individual properties of magnesium and oxygen because magnesium oxide is?
It is a compound.
If magnesium (metal) has two valence electrons while chlorine (nonmetal) has seven how many chlorine atoms needed to form an ionic bond with magnesium?
Two
Is nails a metal nonmetal or a metalloid?
Nails are metal.
What metal nonmetal or metalloid if for magnesium?
Magnesium is a metal
Is magnesium oxide a metal?
No. It is a compound of a metal and a nonmetal. Magnesium on its own is a metal.
Is magnesium a metal nonmetal or gas?
Metal, I believe.
What is Magnesium's classification Nonmetal Metal or Metalloid?
Magnesium is a metal. It belongs to group 2.
Is magnesium sulphate a metal or non metal?
Magnesium sulfate is a compound, and the terms metal a nonmetal do not apply to it.
Is magnesium a nonmetal metal or metalliod?
It is a metal.It is a rare earth metal.
Is Magnesium a Nonmetal Metalor Metalloid?
Mg is a metal
The answer to magnesium a metal nonmetal or metalliod?
Magnesium, on the far left of the periodic table, is a definite metal. Magnesium, on the far left of the periodic table, is a definite metal.
Is magnesium oxide a metal or non metal?
magnesium is neather a metal nor a non metal. instead it was discovered on the moon in 1899 on the first space walk. since then it has been used to build flame resistant bridges and the 2010 aero sun probe.
Is Magnesium bromide metal or non-metal?
Magnesium bromide is a compound and not an element. So question of metal or nonmetal does not arise witch is applied to elements only.
What are ionic?
Ionic compounds are compound consisting of a metal plus a nonmetal. The metal and the nonmetal both have charges that you can find on the Periodic Table, and they have to balance each other out. For example, you have MgO (Magnesium Oxide). The magnesium is the metal, the oxygen is the nonmetal, and they both have a charge of +2 and -2, so the subscripts cancel each other out.
Can carbon and magnesium for an ionic bond?
no. an ionic bond is formed when a metal and nonmetal bond. a metallic bond is formed when a metal and another metal bond. potassium and magnesium are both metals so it forms a metallic bond. (covalent bond = nonmetal + nonmetal)
