Question

_____Mg + ____Fe2O3 → _____Fe + ____MgO

Answer 1

Answer:

3Mg + Fe₂O₃  → 2 Fe + 3MgO

Explanation:

Chemical equation;

Mg + Fe₂O₃  →  Fe + MgO

Balanced Chemical equation;

3Mg + Fe₂O₃  → 2Fe + 3MgO

This is the balanced equation. There are three magnesium, two iron and three oxygen atoms are on both side of equation thus it follow the law of conservation of mass.

Law of conservation of mass:

According to the law of conservation mass, mass can neither be created nor destroyed in a chemical equation.

This law was given by french chemist  Antoine Lavoisier in 1789. According to this law mass of reactant and mass of product must be equal, because masses are not created or destroyed in a chemical reaction.