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When the ionic solute MgCl2\mathrm{MgCl}_2 is dissolved in water, what can you say about the number of chloride ions present in the solution compared to the number of magnesium ions in the solution?

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The number of chloride ions will be twice as great as the number of magnesium ions. Magnesium Chloride will dissolve into Mg2+Mg^{2+} ions and ClCl^{-} ions. There must be twice as many Chlorine ions to cancel out the charge of the Magnesium ions.

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