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What is the white powder formed when a piece of magnesium is burned in air?

Important Questions on Redox Reactions and Rate of Chemical Reactions

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A piece of magnesium is burned in air.

Mg+O2MgO

Which are the reactants and products here?

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A piece of magnesium is burned in air.

Mg+O2MgO

Note down the number of atoms in the reactant side and the number of atoms in the product side in the table below.

Total number of atoms in the reactant side Total number of atoms in the product side
Mg O Mg O
       

Is the number of atoms of each element equal on both sides?

The number of which atom is not equal on both sides?

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A piece of magnesium is burned in air.

Mg+O2MgO

How many product molecules are needed to equalize the number of oxygen atoms on both sides?

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How will you represent two molecules of magnesium oxide?
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Mg+O22MgO

Is the number of magnesium atoms equal on both sides?

How many magnesium atoms are needed in the reactant side to equalize the number of magnesium atoms on both sides?

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2Mg+O22MgO

Is the total number of atoms and mass of each element in the molecules present in the reactant side and that in the product side equal in this equation? 

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Zn+HClZnCl2+H2

How many Zinc atoms are there in the reactant side and in the product side? Which are the atoms showing a difference in their number?

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In order to make equal number of atoms on both sides how many molecules of HCI should be taken as reactant.

Zn+HClZnCl2+H2