Explain why the salt magnesium chloride (MgCl^2) has the formula that is does. Could magnesium chloride also be written as Mg^2Cl?

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Johannes Overmann · Answer 1 · 2020-02-17T21:10:46+0000

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No

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The reason being that their oxidation number cross out each other Cl has a oxidation number of - 1 whiles Mg has an oxidation number of 2 thereby interchanging each other

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