Why would magnesium dissolve in water?
1 Answer
Oct 21, 2017
Mg oxidizes quite readily, meaning it surrenders two electrons to many different oxidizing agents (chemicals that will acquire electrons. Water is one of these.
Explanation:
So, the dissolving of the magnesium occurs as a consequence of the magnesium atoms first becoming magnesium ions through the following oxidation (known as a half-reaction, because it only describes half of the process taking place):
This can be caused by the reduction of water (the other half of the process)