Question

Magnesium reacts with chlorine to produce magnesium chloride wat type of reaction is this

Answer 1

here is your answer

When magnesium react with chlorine to produce magnesium chloride then chlorine get add on the surface of magnesium

the reaction is said that ADDITION reaction

Mg+Cl2=MgCl2

Answer 2

The reaction between Magnesium and chlorine to form magnesium chloride is a redox reaction.

Redox reaction

• When a reaction occurs where one atom is oxidized while the other is reduced is called a redox reaction.
• Here, Magnesium has an electronic configuration $1s_{2} 2s_{2} 2p_{6}3s_{2}$. It loses two outer electrons to become a cation and gains an oxidation state of +2. Thus it is oxidized.
• While chlorine has an electronic configuration $1s_{2} 2s_{2} 2p_{6}3s_{2}3p_{5}$. It gains one electron to become an anion and has a -1 oxidation state.
• Thus, two chlorine atoms and one magnesium atom react to form $Mg Cl_{2}$. The reaction can be written as follows:

             $Mg + Cl_{2} = MgCl_{2}$

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