Recall Activity , where a magnesium ribbon burns with a dazzling flame in air (oxygen) and changes into a white substance, magnesium oxide. Is magnesium being oxidised or reduced in this reaction?
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magnesium is oxidised in this reaction .
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It is being oxidised.
As magnesium is clearly reacting with oxygen in the atmosphere (by burning) to form magnesium oxide, the process is naturally oxidation.
As magnesium is clearly reacting with oxygen in the atmosphere (by burning) to form magnesium oxide, the process is naturally oxidation.
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