2 Fe + 3 Mg(OH)2 → 3 Mg + 2 Fe(OH)3

This is an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction:

3 MgII + 6 e- → 3 Mg0 (reduction)

2 Fe0 - 6 e- → 2 FeIII (oxidation)

Mg(OH)2 is an oxidizing agent, Fe is a reducing agent.

Reactants:

  • Fe
    • Names: Iron source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Fe source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Element 26 source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07
  • Mg(OH)2 – Magnesium hydroxide source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02
    • Other names: Magnesium dihydroxide source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02, Milk of magnesia source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02, Magnesia, [Milk of] source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-02
    • Appearance: White solid source: wikipedia, accessed: 2019-09-27

Products:

  • Mg
    • Names: Magnesium source: wikidata, accessed: 2019-09-07, Magnesium (powder) source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04, Magnesium (pellets) source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04
    • Appearance: Grey powder source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04; Silvery-white metallic solid in various forms source: ICSC, accessed: 2019-09-04
  • Fe(OH)3