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Question
What is wrong with the following chemical equation?
Mg + O → MgO
Correct and balance it.
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Solution
In this reaction, oxygen is written as O, but it is a diatomic molecule and its formula is O2.
The correct balanced chemical equation read as follows:
2Mg (s) + O2 (g)→ 2MgO (s)
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