What is the reaction when you add sodium carbonate in mgnesium chloride?

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What is the reaction when you add sodium carbonate in mgnesium chloride?

2006-11-25 19:03:03 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Na2CO3(aq) + MgCl2(aq) --> 2NaCl(aq) + MgCO3(aq)

2006-11-25 19:10:38 · answer #1 · answered by Papilio paris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Magnesium carbonate has a very low solubility, and so you will see a white precipitate of it. Sodium ions and chloride ions will stay in solution, and take no part at all.

2006-11-26 03:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

what gonpat said except if it's in aqueous solution (water) then the nacl'll dissolve; completely remove na and cl from both sides of the equation

2006-11-26 03:11:10 · answer #3 · answered by tell me all!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Na2CO3 + MgCl2 <--> 2NaCl + MgCO3

2006-11-26 03:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by gonpatrick21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋