Show the formation of Magnesium chloride by using Lewis dot symbols
of Magnesium and Chlorine.
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To obtain full outer shells magnesium must lose two electrons and chlorine must gain one electron. So when we react magnesium in chlorine, one magnesium atom reacts with two chlorine atoms to form magnesium chloride, MgCl2.
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