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helpnow

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empirical formula
« on: June 30, 2005, 04:53:37 AM »
does Mg3SO4 exist or is it Mg2SO4
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Re:empirical formula
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2005, 06:47:28 AM »
Mg only has one possible charge which is +2 based on the periodic table, because all the other possible ions of Mg are too unstable.

since SO4 has a charge of -2,

it exists as MgSO4.
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Re:empirical formula
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2005, 10:54:17 AM »
So the answer is...none of the above.

Show us the problem and how you came to those numbers.
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