Question

Can you represent the metathesis reaction between magnesium chloride, and sodium carbonate in aqueous solution?

Answer 1

As I recall, magnesium carbonate is pretty insoluble....

Explanation:

And so we can write the reaction as....

`MgCl_2(aq) + Na_2CO_3(aq) rarrMgCO_3(s)darr+2NaCl(aq)`

This site reports that `K_"sp"(MgCO_3)=10^-7`, and this corresponds to a solubility of approx. `0.10*g*L^-1`....