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  2. Magnesium - Wikipedia

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    Chemical element with atomic number 12 (Mg) Magnesium, 12 Mg Magnesium Pronunciation / m æ ɡ ˈ n iː z i ə m / (mag- NEE -zee-əm) Appearance shiny grey solid Standard atomic weight A r °(Mg) [24.304, 24.307] 24.305 ± 0.002 (abridged) Magnesium in the periodic table Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus ...

  3. Magnesium in biology - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium can also be toxic to plants, although this is typically seen only in drought conditions. [47] [48] Space-filling model of the chlorophyll a molecule, with the magnesium ion (bright-green) visible at the center of the chlorin group. In animals, magnesium deficiency (hypomagnesemia) is seen when the environmental availability of ...

  4. Magnesium argide - Wikipedia

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    Normally an ion would bond an inert gas atom more strongly, as attraction varies as 1/R 4, compared to 1/R 6 for a van der Waals molecule, and in an ion, the electron cloud shrinks due to the more positive charge attracting it. However in the doubly excited state both of the magnesium atoms are in p suborbitals, which can be arranged so that ...

  5. Charge number - Wikipedia

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    Atomic numbers (Z) are a special case of charge numbers, referring to the charge number of an atomic nucleus, as opposed to the net charge of an atom or ion. The charge numbers for ions (and also subatomic particles ) are written in superscript, e.g., Na + is a sodium ion with charge number positive one (an electric charge of one elementary ...

  6. Molecular orbital diagram - Wikipedia

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    For a diatomic molecule, an MO diagram effectively shows the energetics of the bond between the two atoms, whose AO unbonded energies are shown on the sides. For simple polyatomic molecules with a "central atom" such as methane (CH 4) or carbon dioxide (CO 2), a MO diagram may show one of the identical bonds to the central atom. For other ...

  7. Ion - Wikipedia

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    There are additional names used for ions with multiple charges. For example, an ion with a −2 charge is known as a dianion and an ion with a +2 charge is known as a dication. A zwitterion is a neutral molecule with positive and negative charges at different locations within that molecule. [17]

  8. Magnesium compounds - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium chloride is an ionic compound, which can be electrolysed in a molten state to form magnesium and chlorine gas. The properties of magnesium bromide and magnesium iodide are similar. [ citation needed ] HMgX (X=Cl,Br,I) can be obtained by reacting the corresponding magnesium halide with magnesium hydride.

  9. List of aqueous ions by element - Wikipedia

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    Water molecules are omitted in this diagram. The model is defined in terms of a list of those complex species which are present in solutions in significant amounts. In the present context the complex species have the general formula [M p O q (OH) r] n±. where p, q and r define the stoichiometry of the species and n± gives the electrical ...