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A chemical reaction takes place in which magnesium combines with oxygen to form magnesium oxide. Which of the chemical equations matches the reaction above?
2Mg + O2 2MgO + Energy
The chemical formula of the product formed from the reaction between Magnesium and Oxygen is?
MgO
Is adding magnesium and heat chemical or physical change?
Heating magnesium is a physical process.But the reaction of magnesium with oxygen at high temperature is a chemical process.
What is the chemical reaction between magnesium and oxygen called?
Oxidation. At high temperature magnesium ignites - and that is called combustion.
What are products in science?
A compound / element created by a chemical reaction. Example: Magnesium + Oxygen -> Magnesium Oxide The Magnesium Oxide would be the Product.
How can you justify that a reaction between magnesium and oxygen is a redox reaction whioe the reaction shows only addition of oxygen?
In any redox reaction, at least one reactant is reduced and at least one reactant is oxidized. In the reaction between magnesium and oxygen, the magnesium atoms are oxidized because they lose electrons and the oxygen atoms are reduced because they gain electrons. Furthermore, the premise of the question is erroneous: The reaction does not as alleged show only addition of oxygen; instead it shows combination of magnesium and oxygen to form a new chemical entity, the compound magnesium oxide.
Is magnesium burning a physical change?
This is a chemical change, like any other burning reaction: magnesium is turned into magnesium oxide by burning reaction with oxygen (from air). 2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO
Is burning magnesium a physical change?
This is a chemical change, like any other burning reaction: magnesium is turned into magnesium oxide by burning reaction with oxygen (from air). 2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO
What word equations show chemical changes in rock?
what is a chemical reaction of a rock
Is burning a strip of magnesium ribbon a chemical or physical change?
This is a chemical change. The reaction is: Mg + O ---> MgO
What type of chemical reaction takes place when magnesium wire is heated?
When magnesium metal wire is heated in open air, an oxidation-reduction reaction takes place between the magnesium and the oxygen in the air. The magnesium is oxidized as the oxygen is reduced. The product of this reaction is magnesium oxide, MgO. Note that this reaction can also be deemed a combustion reaction, which is a specific type of redox reaction which involves the production of heat and sometimes light.
What kind of simple chemical reaction goes on in a firework?
the white bright light produced in fire works is due to burning of magnesium in the presence of oxygen magnesium+oxygen=magnesiumoxide
