What gas and white solid are produced when Magnesium Chloride is heated?

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What gas and white solid are produced when Magnesium Chloride is heated?

2007-03-04 10:04:15 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

So what kind of gas is it? My teacher is looking for something like Oxygen or Hydrogen not a chemical formula and the lab only involved heat no electricity. We did not actually conduct the lab but analyzed it.

2007-03-04 10:43:15 · update #1

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HCl (from a certain amount of hydrolysis) and Mg(OH)Cl.

2007-03-04 10:10:40 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋

2MgCl2 +O2(g) --->2Cl2(s) +2MgO(s)

2007-03-04 10:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋