The elements of same group are placed in same group as they have similar properties. So Calcium is the element which resembles Mangesium.
Calcium and Magnesium both are alkaline earth metals.
They have similar properties as they have similar outer or valence shell electronic configuration
The general electronic configuration of alkaline earht metal is ns2
The electronic configuration of Mg [atomic number 12] and Ca [atomic number 20] are
and
respectively.
Answer:
Explanation:
Molecular formula is the chemical formula which depicts the actual number of atoms of each element present in the compound.
Empirical formula is the simplest chemical formula which depicts the whole number of atoms of each element present in the compound.
The empirical formula is
The empirical weight of = 1(12)+1(1)+1(16)= 29 g.
The molecular weight = 60 g/mole
Now we have to calculate the molecular formula:
The molecular formula will be=
Thus molecular formula will be