In what? Air? Oxygen? If so, you can't prepare any metal by doing that. Unless a metal occurs in its native form (as the metal), it will always have to be extracted from the ore by a reduction (NOT oxidation) process - that is so for all metals. For any reduction process to work on any metal compound, a reducing agent more elecropositive than the metal being extracted must be used.
Heating magnesium oxide in current hydrogen will not produce magnesium because the hydrogen gas does not have enough reducing power to convert the magnesium oxide back to magnesium metal. In this reaction, magnesium oxide is already in its most stable oxidation state, so no further reduction occurs.
The magnesium oxide (MgO) is obtained and water vapours released.
When magnesium oxide is sufficiently heated, oxygen gas is evolved.
To prepare magnesium acetate, you can react magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide with acetic acid. Start by adding magnesium oxide or hydroxide to acetic acid in a controlled manner while stirring until the reaction is complete. Filter the solution to remove any insoluble impurities, and then evaporate the solvent to obtain solid magnesium acetate.
When magnesium carbonate is heated, it decomposes into magnesium oxide and carbon dioxide gas. This reaction is a thermal decomposition reaction that occurs at high temperatures. The magnesium oxide produced is a white solid, while the carbon dioxide gas is released into the air.
It is a compound.
Magnesium (Mg) was first obtained by English chemist Sir Humphry Davy in 1808. He produced it from the electrolysis of a mixture of magnesium oxide and mercuric oxide.
Magnesium Oxide
The word equation for heating magnesia alba (magnesium carbonate) can be expressed as: Magnesia Alba (magnesium carbonate) → Magnesium Oxide + Carbon Dioxide + Water. This reaction occurs when magnesia alba is heated, resulting in the decomposition of magnesium carbonate into magnesium oxide, carbon dioxide gas, and water vapor.
With sufficient heating, MgCO3 -> MgO + CO2, magnesium oxide and carbon dioxide.
The fumes escaping from The Crucible (during heating magnesium) will contain magnesium oxide (MgO). The weight of magnesium oxide formed inside The Crucible will decrease due to the loss of mass from the escaping fumes. It is essential to account for this weight loss when calculating the final mass of magnesium oxide obtained.
Magnesium oxide is formed when magnesium metal reacts with oxygen. It is an oxide of magnesium. Magnesium is the metal, and magnesium oxide is the resulting compound formed when magnesium reacts with oxygen.