What is the Chemical Name of SnMg2O4?

[masyousaf1]

Dear community fellows

Can somebody help me in identifying the name of SnMg2O4 ?
Other examples are ZnAl2O4 (Zinc Aluminate), ZnIN2S4 (Zn Thioindate).
Kindly provide the reference if possible.

Thank You
Masood

 

[Borek]

Can somebody help me in identifying the name of SnMg2O4 ?

I would start thinking which of the two metals present is amphoteric.

 

[masyousaf1]

Dear Sir, can we call it as Tin Magnetate ?

 

[Borek]

Is magnesium amphoteric, or is it strictly metallic?

What are salts? What does it take to produce a salt?

 

[masyousaf1]

Magnesium here is metallic in nature. I surf a lot to find its name but couldn't find. I am a physicist and not very good at chemistry.

 

[Borek]

Salt requires a cation and an anion. If magnesium is strictly metallic, it can produce only a cation. That means tin must be in the anion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stannate

 

[DrDu]

I think calling it simply magnesium tin oxide would be also ok. At least in google some papers studying this compond show up.

 

[masyousaf1]

Yes there are some papers but none of them mentioned the name. Strange for me