khepra
Mar 21, 2007, 07:31 AM
OK...
I did this experiment combining magnesium ribbon and zinc chloride. Unless I'm mistaken the equation looks like this:
Mg (s) + ZnCl2 (aq) ---> MgCl2 (aq) + Zn (s)
However, during the experiment the reactants effervecsed. Was this chlorine gas before it recombined with magnesium or am I missing something here?
I did this experiment combining magnesium ribbon and zinc chloride. Unless I'm mistaken the equation looks like this:
Mg (s) + ZnCl2 (aq) ---> MgCl2 (aq) + Zn (s)
However, during the experiment the reactants effervecsed. Was this chlorine gas before it recombined with magnesium or am I missing something here?