Aim: To study the burning of magnesium ribbon in air. Caution : It is necessary that this activity should be performed in the presence of a teacher. For safety purpose, teacher and student should wear goggles. Activity: Take approximately 3-4 cm long magnesium ribbon and make it clean by rubbing it with sand paper. Hold it with a pair of tongs and heat on the flame of burner or spirit lamp and the ash being formed collects in the watch-glass as shown in the figure 1.1. Collected ash in the watch-glass isof magnesium oxide. Burn the magnesium ribbon. Keeping it away as far as possible from your eyes. Write the chemical reaction of forming the magnesium oxide.

Aim: To study the burning of magnesium ribbon in air. Caution : It is

1.	Aim: To study the burning of magnesium ribbon in air. Caution : It is necessary that this activity should be performed in the presence of a teacher. For safety purpose, teacher and student should wear goggles. Activity: Take approximately 3-4 cm long magnesium ribbon and make it clean by rubbing it with sand paper. Hold it with a pair of tongs and heat on the flame of burner or spirit lamp and the ash being formed collects in the watch-glass as shown in the figure 1.1. Collected ash in the watch-glass isof magnesium oxide. Burn the magnesium ribbon. Keeping it away as far as possible from your eyes. Write the chemical reaction of forming the magnesium oxide.
Answer» Solution :`2MG(s)+O_(2)(G) overset("Heat")to 2MgO(s)`