Pure magnesium metal is often found as ribbons and can easily burn in the presence of oxygen. When 3.97 g of magnesium ribbon bu
rns with 8.05 g of oxygen, a bright, white light and a white, powdery product are formed. Enter the balanced chemical equation for this reaction. Be sure to include all physical states.
You need to find moles of the gas, so you would use the ideal gas law: PV=nRT Pressure Volume n=moles R= gas constant Tenperature in Kelvin n= PV/RT (1.00atm)(1.35L)/(.08206)(332K) = 0.050mol Molar mass is grams per mole, so (3.75g/.050mol) = 75g/mol