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Magnesium burns brightly when heated in steam to form magnesium oxide and hydrogen.

Mg(s) + H2O(g) --> MgO(s) + H2(g)

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What happens when magnesium burns in air and when it reacts with steam?

Magnesium oxide (MgO) is obtained.


Magnesium reacts with steam to make magnesium oxide and...?

Hydrogen


What do you call the white powder that is formed when magnesium reacts with steam?

sulfur which then forms magnesium sulfide


What reacts reversibly with steam to form its mixed oxide?

magnesium


Does magnesium react?

Magnesium reacts with steam faster than cold water because magnesium needs to burn to get magnesium oxide and to get magnesium oxide there has to be heat and since steam is already heated it doesn't need much time, but the cold water needs time to heat first to react.


Which element reacts reversibly with steam to form its mixed oxide?

It is magnesium.


What happens when magnesium reacts with sulfur?

Magnesium sulfide (MgS) is obtained.


What happens when magnesium reacts with dilued sulfuric acid?

Magnesium sulfate is obtained.


What happens when you magnesium is heated in air?

Magnesium's mass increases as it becomes magnesium oxide.


What explosive gas is given off when magnesium reacts with steam?

When magnesium reacts with steam, hydrogen gas is evolved.Mg (s) + H2O (g) ==> MgO (s) + H2 (g)This reaction only Â?occurs when magnesium is heated to very high temperatures, at which the evolved hydrogen gas burns.


What happens when magnesium reacts with air?

A white powdery substance is formed.It is Magnesium oxide which is formed by the reaction of magnesium with oxygen.


Why are objects never made of magnesium?

because all acid has some kind of reaction with magnesium.