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Question
How will you obtain Magnesium oxide from magnesium.
Also give balanced equations for the reactions
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Solution
Magnesium when burnt in air (oxygen) Magnesium oxide is formed
\[\ce{2Mg + O2->[heat] 2Mgo}\]
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