Take a small piece of Magnesium ribbon. Burn it on a flame of candle. You will find brilliant white dazzling light leaving a t powdery substance behind.When Magnesium burns in the presence of Oxygen, it forms Magnesium Oxide in the form of powder ash, which is a new substance. Magnesium + Oxygen -> Magnesium Oxide Collect the ash and mix it with a small quantity a of water and dissolve it. Another new substance is formed. Magnesium Oxide + Water- → Magnesium Hydroxide What do you observe ?
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When magnesium is placed in a Bunsen burner flame in air it burns with a bright, white flame. The product is a white powdery solid. Explanation: At high temperatures the magnesium atoms in the metal combine with the oxygen atoms in the air. A chemical reaction produces magnesium oxide.
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