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25 January, 10:40

Explain why the salt magnesium chloride (MgCl^2) has the formula that is does.

Could magnesium chloride also be written as Mg^2Cl?

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  1. 25 January, 10:52
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    No

    Explanation:

    The reason being that their oxidation number cross out each other Cl has a oxidation number of - 1 whiles Mg has an oxidation number of 2 thereby interchanging each other
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