What happens when magnesium oxide reacts with nitrogen gas?

Magnesium reacts with nitrogen to form magnesium nitride. The chemical formula for this reaction is Mg+N2​→MgN2​.

What effect if any does the formation of magnesium nitride have on the percentage composition of magnesium oxide determined in this experiment?

1. The testable question that asked: what effect, if any, does the formation of magnesium nitride have on the percentage composition of magnesium oxide determined in this experiment? The formation of magnesium nitride has a significant impact on the percentage composition of magnesium oxide.

How do you stop magnesium from reacting with nitrogen?

By immersing it in an atmosphere of CO2, you can eliminate the reaction with nitrogen so that no Mg3N2 is formed (or at least very minimal amounts from the transfer). What you get instead is a mixture of MgO (white powder) and black carbon ash.

What mass in grams of magnesium oxide is produced?

3.78 g
Mass magnesium oxide = 3.78 g. So mass oxygen = 1.39 g.

What are the products of this reaction mg N2?

When magnesium reacts with nitrogen gas it forms magnesium nitride as a product.

When magnesium burns what products are formed?

After it burns, it forms a white powder of the magnesium oxide. Magnesium gives up two electrons to oxygen atoms to form this powdery product. This is an exothermic reaction.

Is magnesium nitride formed in the combustion of magnesium?

When magnesium metal is burned in air, two products are produced. One is magnesium oxide, MgO. The other is the product of the reaction of Mg with molecular nitrogen, magnesium nitride. When water is added to magnesium nitride, it reacts to form magnesium oxide and ammonia gas.

What mass of magnesium would be needed in order to produce 10g of magnesium oxide?

We only need 10 g of MgO, 1 quarter of that given in the question. In order to produce 10 g of MgO, we therefore only need a quarter of what we needed to make 40 g of MgO. So, we would only need 24 g / 4 = 6 g of Mg to produce 10 g of MgO.