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Grade 99 grade science

How to Explain What Happens When We Burn Magnesium Metal?

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11 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Vikas TU
ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer11 Years ago
 basically the magnesium oxidizes, which means it reacts with the oxygen in the air, you would need to show that when the magnesium is burned it reacts with oxygen to creat magnesium oxide, the really smelly white stuff :P
 
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Profile image of shubham sharda
11 Years ago
Magnesium oxide is formed with a bright flame.
Profile image of Rahul Jiji George
11 Years ago
2Mg + O2 -----> 2MgO