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Magnesium is an element, a metal. It is silvery grey in colour and has lustre.

whereas Magnesium Oxide is a compound made from reaction of magnesium and oxygen. It is a powdery substance and is white in colour

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Is magnesium oxide monoxide an element or a compound?

A compound


What relationships are there between magnesium and magnesium oxide?

Magnesium oxide is formed when magnesium metal reacts with oxygen. It is an oxide of magnesium. Magnesium is the metal, and magnesium oxide is the resulting compound formed when magnesium reacts with oxygen.


Is magnesium fluoride a mixture?

No, magnesium is an element and therefore a pure substance.


Is a white solid obtained by heating magnesium a mixture an element or compound?

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Is magnesium oxide an element a compound or a mixture?

Magnesium oxide (MgO), also known as magnesia, is the second most abundant compound in the earth's crust. So,it is a compound.


Is magnesium oxide is a compound element or mixture?

Magnesium oxide (MgO), also known as magnesia, is the second most abundant compound in the earth's crust. So,it is a compound.


What are products in science?

A compound / element created by a chemical reaction. Example: Magnesium + Oxygen -> Magnesium Oxide The Magnesium Oxide would be the Product.


When magnesium is burned what element is involved?

it wouldn't be an element it is a compound called magnesium oxide with the chemical formular MgO


Is MgO a element?

No, magnesium oxide is a compound made of the elements magnesium (Mg) and oxygen (O).


Is Mgo a compound or element?

MgO is a compound because it has more than one type of element in it, magnesium and oxygen.


Is magneisium a metal after being burnt?

No, it becomes a compound. It burns in oxygen, nitrogen, and even in carbon dioxide. It becomes magnesium oxide or magnesium nitride. I should add that although the element magnesium is still present, it is not in its metallic form.


What type of oxide is magnesium oxide?

The answer is in the question. Magnesium is an element, so is oxygen, together they can form MgO, a compound, as compounds are multi atomic structures, like Iron Oxide, another rust just like MgO.