why does magnesium not react with magnesium nitrate solution?

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anonymous · Answer

not sure 
but may be because formation of thin oxide film
not sure  verify.........

anonymous · Answer

As nkaadi1995 said, Magnesium forms a MgO oxide layer on its surface due to atmospheric oxygen and this prevents further oxidation.

anonymous · Answer

Magnesium cannot oxidase Magnesium.they are the same. Remember activity series

kc_kennylau · Answer

Are you expecting magnesium magneside to be formed? xD

anonymous · Answer

lol

anonymous · Answer

A the molecular level ,,,,,things CAN happen.....The magnesium nitrate is in SOLUTION form .....so there are magnesium ions and nitrate ions freely moving about in the solution......and when u put a piece of magnesium metal into this solution,,,,,,few Mg atoms from the piece may go into the solution as Mg 2+ ions,,,,,,simultaneously  few Mg 2+ ions from the solution can deposit on the Piece as Mg atoms....( of course this happens only by loss and gain of electrons),,,
 BUT, the net effect is .......NOTHING.,,,,,its just a dynamic equilibrium

anonymous · Answer

^^^ but i dont think there is a REACTION taking place here,,,,,although theres oxidation and reduction (which is not observed due to its dynamic nature),,,,,its always happening,,,,yet  u feel nothing is happening!! lol

kc_kennylau · Answer

Here is what my answer would be:
Since all atoms of magnesium are the same, you can not differentiate the magnesium atoms in magnesium nitrate solution and the magnesium atoms in the magnesium. Therefore, if there were any reaction between magnesium and magnesium nitrate, you would not know that it had happened.