- When a magnesium is heated, it burns in air with a dazzling white flame to form a white powder called Magnesium oxide.
- Magnesium + oxygen → Magnesium oxide.
- The burning of magnesium in air to form magnesium oxide is an example of a chemical reaction . In this chemical reaction there are two reactants ' magnesium and oxygen ' but only one product ' magnesium oxide '. The properties of the product magnesium oxide are entirely different from those of the reactants magnesium and oxygen.
Balanced Equation –
[tex]\purple{\bf{2Mg + O_2 = 2MgO}}[/tex]
Physical states –
- Magnesium → Mg ( In Solid State)
- Oxygen → [tex]\sf{O_2}[/tex] ( Gaseous State)
- Magnesium Oxide → MgO ( In Solid State Or White powder)
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