Magnesium burns in nitrogen gas to form magnesium nitride.
Magnesium nitride contains Mg2+\mathrm{Mg^{2+}}Mg2+ ions and N3−\mathrm{N^{3-}}N3− ions.
What is the balanced symbol equation for this reaction?
Mg+N2→MgN2\mathrm{Mg + N_{2} \rightarrow MgN_{2}}Mg+N2→MgN2
3Mg+2N→Mg3N2\mathrm{3Mg + 2N \rightarrow Mg_{3}N_{2}}3Mg+2N→Mg3N2
3Mg+N2→Mg3N2\mathrm{3Mg + N_{2} \rightarrow Mg_{3}N_{2}}3Mg+N2→Mg3N2
3Mg2+2N2→2Mg3N2\mathrm{3Mg_{2} + 2N_{2} \rightarrow 2Mg_{3}N_{2}}3Mg2+2N2→2Mg3N2
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