Question

What is wrong with the chemical reaction written below?

REACTANT(S)
PRODUCTS
Magnesium + Chlorine ------>
Magnesium Chloride
12 g Magnesium
+
8 g Chlorine
25 g Magnesium Chloride
a) Magnesium will never react with chlorine
b) The mass of your total product is greater than your total reactants
c) The name of the product is incorrect
d) Nothing is wrong with the above reaction-it is perfectly correct as written!

Answer 1

b) The mass of your total product is greater than your total reactants

Step-by-step explanation:

Mass of reactants is 20 and product is 25 which never occurrs in real