Question

When magnesium is added to hydrochloric acid it reacts violently. If 87.0g of magnesium is used during this reaction how much magnesium chloride is produced?

Answer 1

Magnesium hydroxide is a base. Hydrochloric acid, as the name suggests, is an acid.

So an acid and a base together will produce salt and water. In this case, the salt is magnesium chloride.

This process is known as neutralisation