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It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the earth's crust by mass
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Magnesium.
Magnesium is a metal. When burned, magnesium reacts with oxygen to form magnesium oxide, which is also a compound of a metal and a non-metal.
Magnesium is a metal when we say burning of magnesium it means formation of its oxide with liberation of heat and light.
Magnesium is a metal when it reacts with oxygen to form magnesium oxide. Magnesium is a metal element, and when it undergoes a chemical reaction with oxygen, it forms an ionic compound (magnesium oxide) where magnesium has a positive charge.
Magnesium bromide is a compound and not an element. So question of metal or nonmetal does not arise witch is applied to elements only.