When 2 elements bond together?
e.g. Oxgen and Magnesium bond together what is the name of this reaction?
2007-08-18 04:43:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
it is combination reaction
2Mg + O2 gives MgO
2007-08-18 04:53:06 · answer #1 · answered by pokemon maniac 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I could be 1) Ion combination 2) oxidation 3) reduction or 4) Redox
You have to look up in a table how many electrons Magnesium gains or else looses in a reaction, it's valance.
Some metals can do either.
So, just off hand without a table, I know that magnesium
burns, in other words it combines with oxygen in a rapid oxidation process. Slowly this would be called corrosion.
But just so you know, some things that are metalic can catch fire. Like magnesium.
2007-08-18 11:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by Hastyface 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is a combination reaction where oxygen reactswith magnesium to give magnesium oxide
2007-08-18 12:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ashwin K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
magnesuim oxide is the compund formed; if i am right-it's either a covaelnt bond or a ionic bond depoendeing on magnesiums outer shell configuration. I'd say ionic knowing oxygen's reducing power.
2007-08-18 12:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Combination reaction, whereby two or more reactants bond together to form one product.
2007-08-18 11:50:39 · answer #5 · answered by Southpaw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a oxydation and redox reaction, becouse Magnesium neutral, and then became Mg^+2O^-2.
2007-08-18 12:01:49 · answer #6 · answered by katiaisr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2Mg + O2 ----> 2MgO
It's:
exothermic
redox
synthesis.
Any one of those terms is a correct description.
2007-08-18 12:09:03 · answer #7 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fusion, I think.
2007-08-18 11:50:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋