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The compound formed by magnesium and oxygen is called magnesium oxide.

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What is the chemical name for MgNO2?

Mg(NO3)2 {note correct case for "O"} is not an element at all. Instead it is a compound of three elements, magnesium, nitrogen, and oxygen.


What is the correct name for MgBr2?

MgBr2 is MAGNESIUM BROMIDE


What is the chemical name for heated magnesium?

That would be Magnesium Oxide (since a single element cannot decompose) which decomposes into Magnesium and Oxygen. Magnesium Oxide --> Magnesium + Oxygen or the balanced chem. equation: 2MgO --> 2Mg + 02


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The cation,Mg 2+andthe anion,O 2-combine to form,MgO------------------magnesium oxide


When magnesium burns in oxygen it produces a white powder called magnesium oxide?

The chemical equation is:2 Mg + O2 = 2 MgO


What is the correct name of MgS04?

Epsom Salt, or magnesium sulfate.


Why does sulphur plus oxygen use the term dioxide for oxygen but magnesium plus oxygen uses the term oxide. Is it because Mg is a metal?

I answered this question. It is indeed because Mg is a metal. Ionic compounds (those with a metal) do not get a prefix, molecular compounds (those without a metal) do.


What is the scientific name for MgS?

The correct answer is Magnesium Sulfide


What are more likely to form an ionic bond a silicon and oxygen b oxygen and oxygen c carbon and hydrogen d magnesium and oxygen?

Magnesium and oxygen as in magnesium oxide


When magnesium combines with oxygen what does the reaction involve?

Magnesium reacts violently with oxygen to make Magnesium Oxide


What do magnesium and oxygen make?

If you heat magnesium and oxygen together then you will make MgO or Magnesium oxide.