what happens if you add soduim chloride and magnesuim chloride together

Question: what happens if you add soduim chloride and magnesuim chloride together
- Keywords:
  chemical reaction,
  magnesuim chloride,
  soduim chloride
Asked by oh5924 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Vijay, Will on 11 Jun 2012.
- Will Reynolds answered on 11 Jun 2012:
  
  Hi oh5924! Magnesium chloride and sodium chloride are very simlar compounds. They are both metal salts and have very similar bond energies (the energy it takes to make a bond between the metal and the chlorine). Chemical reactions happen when the energy of the product is lower than the energy of the things you start with. So in this case there would be no reaction. Thanks for your question.
- Sarah Martin answered on 11 Jun 2012:
  
  You’d get a mix of sodium chloride and magnesium chloride! But that’s all I’m afraid…
- Amy Birch answered on 11 Jun 2012:
  
  Again, no idea at all 🙂 I’ll leave to the chemist to explain!
- Karen Reed answered on 12 Jun 2012:
  
  I don’t know but I’ve just learnt from the others who did know that nothing would happen 🙂

Question: what happens if you add soduim chloride and magnesuim chloride together