2006-10-27 07:44:36 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Two
(I wrote the above short answer to be the first person to answer the question: now here is the proper explanation).
Before doing this, you should refer to a standard table of oxidation numbers.
There, you'll find out that magnesium has an oxidation number of 2+, while nitrogen has 3-.
When you form the compound, you make the oxidation number of Mg the subscript of N, and the oxidation number of N the subscript of Mg. That means, you kind of do a "criss-cross" and you end up with:
Mg3N2
2006-10-27 07:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mg3N2 ~ magnesium has a valency of 2 and nitrogen a valency of 3, so a molecule of magnesium nitride will be as shown, with 2 nitrogen atoms.
2006-10-27 14:54:13 · answer #2 · answered by JJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None magnesium Nitride is a compound created with magnesium and sulfate
MgSO4 is the formula
2006-10-27 14:49:53 · answer #3 · answered by Bioman2005 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mg3 N2
1 nitrogen atom
2006-10-27 14:50:48 · answer #4 · answered by hussainalimalik1983 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋