Magnesium or metal reacts with oxygen to produce magnesium oxide or metal oxide. The mass of oxygen needed to completely react with magnesium is 64 g.
Mass is the weight or the quantity of the substance that is estimated in grams and kilograms.
The balanced reaction can be given as:
[tex]\rm 2Mg + O_{2} \rightarrow 2MgO[/tex]
From the balanced reaction, 2 moles of magnesium and 1 mole of oxygen are required to produce 2 moles of magnesium oxide.
If 2 mol Mg requires 1 mol oxygen then, 4 mol Mg will need 2 mol of oxygen.
The mass of oxygen can be calculated as:
[tex]\begin{aligned}\rm mass &=\rm molar\; mass \times moles \\\\&= 32 \times 2\\\\&= 64 \;\rm gm\end{aligned}[/tex]
Therefore, option B. 64 gm of oxygen are required.
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