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It's an actual, and common, compound - MgCl2 (magnesium chloride), a constituent of seawater, has many uses including just chasing off the chlorine atoms to recover the magnesium metal.
they merge together
One, but there is a catch. One magnesium atom will combine with two chlorine atoms to make magnesium chloride (MgCl2). The magnesium will give one electron to eachof two chlorine atoms to create this metal salt.
You would wind up with 5 moles of Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 and 5 atoms of Magnesium just chilling around. Depending on where they bumped into each other, the excess Magnesium might form Magnesium Hydroxide or just bind to itself.
sodium and chlorine
Magnesium atoms, which form divalent cations, can each bond ionically with two chloride ions, because chlorine atoms form anions with only one negative charge each. ("Chloride atoms" as written in the question do not exist: chlorine atoms form chloride ions by gaining one electron each from less electronegative atoms.)
A magnesium atom gives two electrons to two chlorine atoms to form a magnesium ion and two chloride ions.
It's an actual, and common, compound - MgCl2 (magnesium chloride), a constituent of seawater, has many uses including just chasing off the chlorine atoms to recover the magnesium metal.
Three. Two chlorine atoms and one magnesium atom.
Yes. Magnesium and chlorine will form the ionic compound magnesium chloride, MgCl2.
they merge together
Yes. At standard temperature and pressure, magnesium in contact with chlorine will react to form magnesium chloride.
One, but there is a catch. One magnesium atom will combine with two chlorine atoms to make magnesium chloride (MgCl2). The magnesium will give one electron to eachof two chlorine atoms to create this metal salt.
Yes, Magnesium easily forms an ionic compound with chlorine. It is called magnesium chloride, MgCl2
The ionic compound formed between magnesium and chlorine has the formula MgCl2.
The product of reaction is magnesium chloride - MgCl2.
You would wind up with 5 moles of Magnesium Chloride MgCl2 and 5 atoms of Magnesium just chilling around. Depending on where they bumped into each other, the excess Magnesium might form Magnesium Hydroxide or just bind to itself.