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This is a really difficult question to answer... 1. There is no such thing as a MgO solution. Magnesium oxide reacts vigorously with water to form Mg(OH)2. 2. Mg(OH)2 is insoluble, with a Ksp of 5.61x10-12. So it doesn't form a solution with water either, it forms a suspension. Ever heard of Milk of Magnesia? That thick white liquid is a suspension of magnesium hydroxide in water. 3. Is the question asking for a concentration or the actual number of ions? The former is answerable using the Ksp. The latter is not because you would need to not only calculate the concentration, but also know the volume of the solution. So depending on what you are looking for, repost your question and I will take a shot at it.
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A magnesium atom is converted to a magnesium ion when the atom?
Loses two electrons.
Is magnesium an ion or an atom?
Magnesium is an atom; but this atom can be transformed in an electrically charged atom - called cation, Mg2+.
Is milk of magnesia a polyatomic ion?
Magnesium is an atom; but as an atom magnesium has 3 stable isotopes and ca. 18 artificial isotopes. And in solutions magnesium exist as the cation Mg2+. Therefore magnesium is atom, has isotopes and also can be ion.
What is the charge on an atom of magnesium?
The neutral atom of magnesium has no electrical charge; the ion is bivalent.
What is the difference between Mg and Mg-2?
Mg is the symbol for the element magnesium and could be used to represent a neutral atom of magnesium. Mg2- does not occur, but Mg2+ does, and is the symbol of a magnesium ion, which is a magnesium atom that has lost two electrons.
A magnesium atom is converted to a magnesium ion when the atom?
Loses two electrons.
Is magnesium an ion or an atom?
Magnesium is an atom; but this atom can be transformed in an electrically charged atom - called cation, Mg2+.
Is magnesium an ion?
Magnesium is an atom; but this atom can be transformed in an electrically charged atom - called cation, Mg2+.
What is the ion charge of of magnesium?
Magnesium once formed an ion the charge is 2+ .
Is milk of magnesia a polyatomic ion?
Magnesium is an atom; but as an atom magnesium has 3 stable isotopes and ca. 18 artificial isotopes. And in solutions magnesium exist as the cation Mg2+. Therefore magnesium is atom, has isotopes and also can be ion.
What is the charge on an atom of magnesium?
The neutral atom of magnesium has no electrical charge; the ion is bivalent.
What is the difference between Mg and Mg-2?
Mg is the symbol for the element magnesium and could be used to represent a neutral atom of magnesium. Mg2- does not occur, but Mg2+ does, and is the symbol of a magnesium ion, which is a magnesium atom that has lost two electrons.
How a magnesium atom becomes an ion?
It loses an electron.
What happens when a magnesium atom loses an electron?
It becomes a positively charged Magnesium ion.
What does the charge on the magnesium ion have to do with the number of valence electrons that an atom of magnesium has?
The charge on a magnesium ion is +2. This indicates that the two valence electrons present in a magnesium atom have been donated to form one or two anions of some other element.
The ion formed by a fluorine atom is called a?
fluoride ion
When bromine atom gains one electron?
a bromide ion is formed, the ion formed has a -1 charge, and the ion formed is an anion
