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Answer 1

How come in the products there is sodium hydroxide rather than sodium oxide?

Answer 2

there are 2 different forms of water

Steam and liquid water

Answer 3

So ?

Answer 4

Mg + H2O(g) ==> MgO + H2

mg + H2O(l) ===> Mg(OH) + H2

Answer 5

what does the (I) mean?

Answer 6

l = L

Answer 7

But here it is not stated what is state used so do we just make any product from the two?

Answer 8

No.
Normally Mg(OH) is made..

Answer 9

IS that just a rule we have to memorize ?

Answer 10

Where did Mg come from?

Answer 11

You mean Na(OH) ?

Answer 12

Mg is a metal too.

Answer 13

but Im taking about this question

Answer 14

It's same for Mg and Na.

Answer 15

So it is just a rule that Na(OH) is formed rather than Na2O

Answer 16

Sodium magnesium.

Answer 17

A rule of chemistry, yes.

Answer 18

2 elements want to combine to become stable. sometimes there are byproducts or totally new subsatnces formed by a chemical reaction. How about rewording that question?

Answer 19

@waheguru

Answer 20

thanks