Question

When burning of magnesium ribbon .what is the precaution of magnesium ribbon

Answer 1

Answer:

Precautions:-

• Avoid looking directly at the light source.
• A carbon dioxide fire extinguisher will not extinguish burning magnesium, a dry-powder extinguisher must be used.

Answer 2

Answer:

When the magnesium metal burns it reacts with oxygen found in the air to form Magnesium Oxide. We could observe a dazzling white flame and a white substance named magnesium oxide.

Precautions:

Magnesium ribbon should be cleaned with sandpaper before burning in the air. To remove the Magnesium oxide layer from the ribbon which may prevent or slow down the burning of magnesium ribbon. Unwanted impurities deposited on the magnesium ribbon can be removed and only pure magnesium can be used for the reaction.