Mg(NO3)2 + NH3 yields?

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Mg(NO3)2 + NH3 yields?

This is an acid base reaction. It became milky white. Can someone please finish the equation. This has to be NET IONIC EQUATION.

Thanks!

Ammonia dissolves in water to produce “ammonium hydroxide”. The reaction is reversible.

Ammonium hydroxide reacts with magnesium nitrate (double decomposition) to give a precipitate (milky white) of magnesium hydroxide

NH3(g) + H2O ⇌ (NH4)+ + OH-

Therefore, your reaction is in ionic terms:

Mg(NO3)2 + 2 OH- → Mg(OH)2 + 2(NO3)-

The whole reaction is:

Mg(NO3)2(aq) + 2NH4OH(aq) → Mg(OH)2 (s) + 2NH4NO3(aq)