Elements in the same column of the periodic table have what in common?
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This problem is providing the mass of both magnesium metal and oxygen gas and involved in a chemical reaction and asks for the limiting reactant. At the end, it turns out to be identified as magnesium.
<h3>Stoichiometry</h3>In chemistry, stoichiometry is a widely-used tool we use in order to relate the mass and moles of different chemical substances involved in a chemical reaction. Thus, we consider the following chemical equation between magnesium and oxygen to produce magnesium oxide.
However, when the mass of the both of the reactants is given, one must identify the limiting reactant as the one producing the least of the moles of the product, which means we can use the given grams of the both of the reactants, their molar masses and mole ratios with the product to obtain the aforementioned:
Thus, we can evidence how 24 g of magnesium produce the least of the moles of magnesium oxide, fact validating the magnesium as the limiting reactant and the oxygen as the excess one.
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The 32.06 represent The atomic mass, the average number of protons & neutrons
<h3>Further explanation </h3>The Atomic Number (Z) indicates the number of protons in an atom of an element. If the atom is neutral then the number of protons will be equal to the number of electrons. So the atomic number can also indicate the number of electrons.
So atomic number = number of protons = number of electrons
Mass Number (A) is the sum of protons and neutrons
Mass Number (A) = Number of protons + Number of Neutrons
So that the relationship between atomic numbers and mass numbers can be formulated as follows:
Atomic Number (Z) = Mass Number (A) - Number of Neutrons
In the following element notation,
X = symbol of elemental atom
A = mass number
= number of protons + number of neutrons
Z = atomic number
= number of protons = number of electrons, on neutral elements
