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Answer:
In the solid phase, the forces of attraction have completely overcome molecular motion, and the movement of the particles has been reduced to vibrating in place. The particles cannot move past one another and are held in a tightly-packed pattern, so there is very little space between the particles.
The balanced chemical reaction for this would be written as:
2Mg + O2 = 2MgO
We use this reaction and the amount of the reactant given to calculate for the amount of magnesium oxide that is produced. We do as follows:
1.5 g Mg (1 mol / 24.31 g) ( 2 mol MgO / 2 mol Mg ) (40.30 g /1 mol ) = 2.49 g MgO produced
