Pure magnesium metal is often found as ribbons and can easily burn in the presence of oxygen. When 3.31 g of magnesium ribbon burns with 8.45 g of oxygen, a bright, white light and a white, powdery product are formed. Enter the balanced chemical equation for this reaction. Be sure to include all physical states.

2Mg(s) + O2(g) >2MgO(s)

Explanation:

In writing a balanced chemical reaction equation, the rule of thumb is that the number of atoms of each element on the reactant side must be the same as the number of atoms of the same elements on the products side.

Hence for the reaction of magnesium and oxygen shown below;

2Mg(s) + O2(g) >2MgO(s)

We notice that there are two atoms each of magnesium and oxygen on both sides of the reaction equation hence the equation is balanced.

periodic trends is an atom that gets larger as the number of electronic shells increase, the radius of atoms increases as you go down a certain group in the periodic table of elements. in general, the size of an atom will decrease as you move from left to right of a certain period.

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