In an experiment to determine the empirical formula of magnesium oxide, a student weights an empty crucible then adds a strip of magnesium metal and reweighs the crucible. The crucible and magnesium are heated with a burner flame, which ignits the magneisum and forms a grey-white solid. After cooling, the crucible and solid are reweighed and the date are analyzed to given an empirical formula of Mg5O4. Which could account for the observed Mg5O4 results rather than the expected MgO?

Oxidation-reduction reactions (often called "redox" for short) are reactions that involve the transfer of electrons from one species to another. oxidation states, or oxidation numbers, allow chemists to keep track of these electron transfers. in general, one element will lose electrons (oxidation), with the result that it will increase in oxidation number, and another element will gain electrons (reduction), thereby decreasing in oxidation number. the species that is oxidized is called the reducing agent or reductant. the species that is reduced is called the oxidizing agent or oxidant. to sum up: oxidation = increase in oxidation state = loss of electrons = reducing agent reduction = decrease in oxidation state = gain of electrons = oxidizing agent part a which element is oxidized in this reaction? fe2o3+3co→2fe+3co2 enter the elemental symbol. view available hint(s) is oxidized part b which element is reduced in this reaction? 2hcl+2kmno4+3h2c2o4→6co2+2mno2+2kcl +4h2o enter the elemental symbol. view available hint(s) is reduced

How does a large body of water, such as the ocean, influence climate?

Asuspension of yeast cells is being grown under anaerobic conditions such that glucose is degraded to ethanol and carbon dioxide. if one wishes to follow this process by monitoring the release of 14co2, at which positions in the glucose molecule would the 14c label need to be incorporated?