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Q: Magnesium reacts with oxygen gas to produce magnesium oxide light and heat this reaction is?
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What is the reaction when magnisium burns?

Mostly the magnesium is reacting with oxygen to produce magnesium oxide. 2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO But some of the magnesium reacts with nitrogen to produce magnesium nitride. 3Mg + N2 --> Mg3N2


What is the balanced chemical equation for the reaction between magnesium and oxygen?

WORD EQUATION: Magnesium + Oxygen --> Magnesium oxide SYMBOLS: 2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO


When magnesium combines with oxygen what does the reaction involve?

Magnesium reacts violently with oxygen to make Magnesium Oxide


What reaction is it when magnesium is burnt in air?

Magnesium plus oxygen becomes magnesium oxide.


In the reaction between magnesium and oxygen the mass of magnesium and oxygen was 2.5 grams how much magnesium oxide was formed?

340 grams


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The product is magnesium oxide (MgO) when magnesium reacts with oxygen.2Mg(s) + O2(g) --> 2MgO(s)magnesium + oxygen --> magnesium oxide


What is the reducing agent in a reaction of magnesium with oxygen?

This is oxygen.


What are the chemical properties of magnesium?

reacts with oxygen in air to produce magnesium oxide.


What does magnesium plus oxygen produce?

Depends on how much i guess, but...magnesium oxide?


What are Chemical properties of magnesium?

reacts with oxygen in air to produce magnesium oxide.


How can you justify that a reaction between magnesium and oxygen is a redox reactionwhile the reaction shows only addition of oxygen?

Magnesium loss electrons and oxygen gain electrons.


Magnesium oxide decomposes into magnesium and oxygen If 16.12 of magnesium oxide decomposes to form 9.72 of magnesium what mass of oxygen gas is also released in the reaction?

16.12-9.72=6.40g