When solid magnesium burns, it reacts with oxygen in the air to form a powder called magnesium oxide. A chemist performed this reaction in a lab and found that the mass of the magnesium oxide was greater than the mass of the magnesium. What is the reason behind this increase in mass?

What happens when an atom of sulfur combines with two atoms of chlorine to produce sci2? a. each chlorine atom shares a pair of electrons with the sulfur atom. b. an electron is transferred from each chlorine atom to the sulfur atom. c. an electron is transferred from the sulfur atom to each chlorine atom. d. each chlorine atom shares all its valence electrons with the sulfur atom.