Balance the following chemical equations and identify the type of chemical reaction.

TiCl4(l) + Mg(s) → Ti(s) + 2MgCl2(s)

In the reaction, there are four molecules of chlorine on the reactant side and only two molecules of chlorine on the product side. So let us first balance it.

TiCl4 + Mg → Ti + 2MgCl2


Now there are two molecules of magnesium on the product side and only one molecule on the reactant side. So the total balanced reaction is as follows:


TiCl4 + 2Mg → Ti + 2MgCl2


It is a displacement reaction in which the more reactive metal displaces the less reactive from its compound.


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