Explain how the "electron sea model" accounts for the various properties seen in metals.

The electron sea model explains many of the physical properties of metals. They are good electrical conductors because the electrons flow freely in them. They are malleable because of the drifting electrons and because the cations slide easily past each other. They reflect light because of the free electrons.

Mg will be the limiting reagent.

Explanation:

The balanced reaction is:

Mg + 2 HCl → MgCl₂ + H₂

By reaction stoichiometry (that is, the relationship between the amount of reagents and products in a chemical reaction), the following amounts of moles of each compound participate in the reaction:

Mg: 1 moleHCl: 2 molesMgCl₂: 1 moleH₂: 1 mole

Being the molar mass of each compound:

Mg: 24.3 g/moleHCl: 36.45 g/moleMgCl₂: 95.2 g/moleH₂: 2 g/mole

By reaction stoichiometry, the following mass quantities of each compound participate in the reaction:

Mg: 1 mole* 24.3 g/mole= 24.3 gHCl: 2 moles* 36.45 g/mole= 72.9 gMgCl₂: 1 mole* 95.2 g/mole= 95.2 gH₂: 1 mole* 2 g/mole= 2 g

0.0350 g of Mg is reacted with 10.00 mL (equal to 0.01 L) of 6 M HCl.

Molarity being the number of moles of solute that are dissolved in a certain volume, expressed as:

in units

then, the number of moles of HCl that react is:

number of moles of HCl= 6 M*0.01 L

number of moles of HCl= 0.06 moles

Then you can apply the following rule of three: if by stoichiometry 2 moles of HCl react with 24.3 grams of Mg, 0.06 moles of HCl react with how much mass of Mg?

mass of Mg= 0.729 grams

But 0.729 grams of Mg are not available, 0.0350 grams are available. Since you have less mass than you need to react with 0.06 moles of HCl, Mg will be the limiting reagent.