What happens when magnesium is left in seawater?
1 Answer
Oct 29, 2017
Well, have you done the experiment.....?
Explanation:
My guess would be that the magnesium metal would slowly oxidize....
....and reduce the hydrogen in water....
...to give the overall reaction.....
Certainly, when you put a strip of magnesium metal into hot tap water, the water becomes basic as vizualized by an acid-base indicator.....but anyway, you have got the experiment outlined. Take a beaker of seawater, measure its