How many moles of MgO are produced when .250 mol of Mg reacts completely with O2

0.250 mol

Explanation:

The reaction between Mg and O2 is given by;

2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO

From the equation above; 2 moles of Mg reacts to form 2 moles of MgO.

0.250 mol of Mg would produce x mol of MgO.

2 = 2

0.250 = x

x = 0.250 * 2/2 = 0.250 mol

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.