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Among lithium and magnesium, which element reacts slowly with water and forms a nitride by direct combination with nitrogen?
Chemistrys Block ElementsNEET
Options:
  • A Lithium
  • B Magnesium
  • C Both lithium and magnesium
  • D Neither lithium nor magnesium
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Both lithium and magnesium
Both lithium and magnesium react slowly with water and form nitrides, Li3N, and Mg3N2, by direct combination with nitrogen.

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