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  2. Magnesium - Wikipedia

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    Mg(s) + 2 H 2 O (l) → Mg(OH) 2 (s) + H 2 (g) Therefore, water cannot extinguish magnesium fires. The hydrogen gas produced intensifies the fire. Dry sand is an effective smothering agent, but only on relatively level and flat surfaces. Magnesium reacts with carbon dioxide exothermically to form magnesium oxide and carbon: [87] 2 Mg(s) + CO

  3. Magnesium compounds - Wikipedia

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    6 Mg(OH) 2 + 6 Cl 2 → 5 MgCl 2 + Mg(ClO 3) 2 + 6 H 2 O. Magnesium perchlorate is a white powder that is easily soluble in water, which can be obtained by the reaction of magnesium oxide and perchloric acid. The hexahydrate crystallizes from the solution, and then it is dried with phosphorus pentoxide in a vacuum at 200~250 °C to obtain the ...

  4. Glossary of chemistry terms - Wikipedia

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    Also acid ionization constant or acidity constant. A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution expressed as an equilibrium constant for a chemical dissociation reaction in the context of acid-base reactions. It is often given as its base-10 cologarithm, p K a. acid–base extraction A chemical reaction in which chemical species are separated from other acids and bases. acid ...

  5. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    The tonne (t) is an SI-compatible unit of mass equal to a megagram (Mg), or 10 3 kg. The unit is in common use for masses above about 10 3 kg and is often used with SI prefixes. For example, a gigagram ( Gg ) or 10 9 g is 10 3 tonnes, commonly called a kilotonne .

  6. Magnesium argide - Wikipedia

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    In Mg + the ground state is termed 2 S. A first excited state has a 3s electron moved to the 3p orbital and the state is termed 2 P. But because of spin-orbit coupling it is actually split into 2 P ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ and 2 P 3 ⁄ 2 with energy 35,669 and 35,761 cm −1. [1] In comparison the ionic molecule has a ground state called 2 Σ +. The ...

  7. Magnesium nitride - Wikipedia

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    Magnesium nitride reacts with water to produce magnesium hydroxide and ammonia gas, as do many metal nitrides.. Mg 3 N 2 (s) + 6 H 2 O(l) → 3 Mg(OH) 2 (aq) + 2 NH 3 (g). In fact, when magnesium is burned in air, some magnesium nitride is formed in addition to the principal product, magnesium oxide.

  8. Magnesium(I) dimer - Wikipedia

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    A magnesium(I) dimer is a molecular compound containing a magnesium to magnesium bond (Mg-Mg), giving the metal an apparent +1 oxidation state. Alkaline earth metals are commonly found in the +2-oxidation state, such as magnesium. The M 2+ are considered as redox-inert, meaning that the +2 state is significant. [1]

  9. Magnesium monohydride - Wikipedia

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    The energy to break up the dimer HMgMgH into two MgH radicals is 197 kJ/mol. Mg(μ-H 2)Mg has 63 kJ/mol more energy than HMgMgH. [38] In theory gas phase HMgMgH can decompose to Mg 2 and H 2 releasing 24 kJ/mol of energy exothermically. [38] The distance between the magnesium atoms in HMgMgH is calculated to be 2.861 Å. [39]