Question

What is the empirical formula for magnesium hydroxide (milk of magnesia)?

Answer 1

The empirical formula for magnesium hydroxide:

1. Any compound's empirical formula is its simplest whole-number ratio.
2. In this formula, the valences are the atomic numbers of the element.
3. Magnesium hydroxide is an inorganic base.
4. Milk of magnesia, a typical antacid.
5. It is made from its aqueous solution.
6. Magnesium metal is found in Group II of the periodic table,
7. It rapidly loses two electrons to form ${\mathrm{Mg}}^{2+}$
8. Because hydroxide has the formula ${\left(\mathrm{OH}\right)}^{-}$.
9. The formula for magnesium hydroxide is $\mathrm{Mg}{\left(\mathrm{OH}\right)}_2$.