Question

One mole of magnesium nitride on the reaction with excess of water gives

• A. one mole of ammonia
• B. one mole of nitric acid
• C. two moles of ammonia
• D. two moles of nitric acid

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

two moles of ammonia

Answer 2

One mole of magnesium nitride on the reaction with an excess of water gives two moles of ammonia and 3 moles of magnesium hydroxide. $M g _{3} N _{2}+ 6 H _{2} O \longrightarrow 3 M g ( O H )_{2}+ 2 N H _{3}$