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magnesium
Summary
magnesium is a chemical element[1]. magnesium draws 1,934 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #27 of 144).[2]
Key Facts
- magnesium is credited with the discovery of Joseph Black[3].
- magnesium's instance of is recorded as chemical element[4].
- magnesium's instance of is recorded as lithophile[5].
- Magnesia Prefecture is named after magnesium[6].
- magnesium oxide is named after magnesium[7].
- magnesium is made of magnesite[8].
- magnesium is made of dolomite[9].
- magnesium is made of brucite[10].
- magnesium is made of carnallite[11].
- magnesium is made of talc[12].
- magnesium is made of olivine[13].
- magnesium's location of discovery is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
- magnesium's canonical SMILES is recorded as [Mg][15].
- magnesium's element symbol is recorded as Mg[16].
- magnesium's chemical formula is recorded as Mg[17].
- magnesium is a type of period 3[18].
- magnesium is a type of alkaline earth metal[19].
- magnesium is a type of light metal[20].
- magnesium is a type of s-block[21].
- magnesium is part of period 3[22].
- magnesium is part of alkaline earth metal[23].
- magnesium's Commons category is recorded as Magnesium[24].
- magnesium's Unicode character is recorded as 鎂[25].
- magnesium's crystal system is recorded as hexagonal crystal system[26].
- magnesium's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1755[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include chemical element[4] and lithophile[5]. Recorded subclass of include period 3[18], alkaline earth metal[19], light metal[20], and s-block[21].
Origins
Things named after include Magnesia Prefecture[6], a prefecture of Greece[28], in Greece[29], founded in 1899[30] and magnesium oxide[7], a type of chemical entity[31].
Use and Application
Part of include period 3[22], a period[32] and alkaline earth metal[23], a group[33].
Influence
Things named for magnesium include maficity[34]; magnesite[35], a mineral species[36]; magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S[37], a mineral species[38]; magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S[39], a mineral species[40]; sima[41]; magnesioferrite[42], a mineral species[43]; magnesio-hastingsite[44], a mineral species[45]; and axinite-(Mg)[46], a mineral species[47].
Why It Matters
magnesium draws 1,934 Wikipedia views per month (chemical_element category, ranking #27 of 144).[2] magnesium has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] magnesium is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]
Entities named for magnesium include maficity[34]; magnesite[35], a mineral species[36]; magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S[37], a mineral species[38]; magnesiotaaffeite-6N'3S[39], a mineral species[40]; sima[41]; and magnesioferrite[42], a mineral species[43].