The chemical symbol of magnesium is Mg.
Magnesium is a chemical element with the atomic number 12. It’s found in the second group of the periodic table, which categorizes it as an alkaline earth metal. The symbol ‘Mg’ comes from the Latin word ‘Magnesia’, which refers to a region in Greece where magnesium compounds were historically discovered.
This lightweight metal is essential for many biological processes and is widely used in manufacturing, especially in the production of alloys and as a reducing agent in metallurgical processes.