Magnesium is an alkaline earth metal and has two electrons in its valence shell that are easily given off to reactive species such as oxygen. Copper, however, has a different electron configuration. If you are familiar with orbitals, copper has a filled 3d orbital, which is the highest energy orbital. The unfilled orbital, 4s, is actually lower energy and will not be lost as easily since that would make the 3d orbital unfilled since one or two of those 3d electrons have to go down to fill the 4s orbital (thus Copper forms 1+ and 2+ ions). If I've completely lost you, the take-home message is that copper's reactive electron is not on its highest energy orbital and its highest energy orbital is filled. In contrast, the highest energy orbital is Magnesium is the same as its valence shell.
Magnesium has two valence electrons. If these two valence electrons are lost, then magnesium attains the nearest noble gas configuration.
Carbon has to lose four valence electrons to attain noble gas configuration. It is easier to lose two electrons than four and hence magnesium is more reactive than carbon.
Yes, magnesium is more reactive than copper.
Below is a link to an experiment proving so.
http://www.sci-journal.org/reports/vol3no1/v3n1k41.html
Yes because magnesium is less electronegative than zinc, and therefore, will give up its valence electrons for reaction
No, Potassium is more reactive than magnesium.
As a general rule, the alkali metals, those in the far left column of the Periodic Table, are the most reactive of all the metals.
Yes, a lot more reactive. This is why gold is used in jewellery. Because it won't rust or tarnish.
Magnesium is more reactive.
Carbon with a mass of 14 is more reactive. It is an isotope. but i don't know exactly why it is more reactive..
Magnesium is more reactive than copper because if you study the periodic table, you will be able to find out that Magnesium is more reactive.Also, coins are made out of copper, they choose copper because it is cheap and extremely unreactive.Furthermore, I've done an experiment to find out that Magnesium is more reactive than Copper by putting both elements into Water/Acid.
Sodium is more reactive then Magnesium as it is a group 1 element and magnesium is a group 2 element
Magnesium react with water and burn easily in air.
Because carbon is in group 14 of the periodic table and sodium is in group 1 so that means that sodium is more reactive because its in group 1 which is more reactive than group 14.
carbon is more reactive than magnesium
sodium is more reactive than magnesium!
sodium is more reactive than magnesium!
Lithium is more reactive to water than magnesium because while Lithium will explode and generally destroy the container it is in, magnesium will cause the water to violently bubble.
No. Magnesium is far more reactive than silver. Silver is one of the least reactive metals.
Sodium is more reactive than either magnesium or iron.
In a short answer No. But I can't really explain why.
Yes
carbon is more reactive
Carbon with a mass of 14 is more reactive. It is an isotope. but i don't know exactly why it is more reactive..
Uranium electronegativity (Pauling's Scale): 1.38 Magnesium electronegativity (Pauling's scale: 1.31 As a result, uranium is a slightly more reactive than magnesium.
calcium and mg are more reactive