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Chemical formula of magnesium
oxide using Criss cross method​

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Crisscross method is simply writing the charges crossly near each element. Since oxidation number of Mg (metal) is +2 and oxygen (nonmetal) is -2, if we cross them and write next to each; we get Mg2O2 .

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