What products result from the reaction of hydrogen fluoride and magnesium hydroxide?

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anor277
Jan 28, 2017

#"Magnesium fluoride and water........."#

Explanation:

This is a simple acid base reaction:

#2HF(aq) + Mg(OH)_2(s) rarr MgF_2(s)darr + 2H_2O(l)#

As I recall, #"magnesium fluoride"# is pretty damn insoluble in aqueous solution (much more so than #MgCl_2#), so you will have to check this.

This follows the general reaction scheme:

#"Acid + base "rarr" salt + water"#

Which species is which in the given reaction?

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