Question

Jai took a piece of burning magnesium ribbon and collected the ashes thus formed in a china dish.
a) suggest how could he find the nature of these ashes.
b) write a balanced chemical equation representing this process.

Answer 1

a - the color of ash will be white indicating magnesiumoxide

b - 2Mg +O -- 2MgO

magnesium + oxygen - magmesiumoxide

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