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MAGNESIUM BURNING IN AIR: AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION

Producing White Flame & Smoke Of Magnesium Oxide

Magnesium, a group IIA alkaline earth metal burns in air with a bright white flame, producing a white smoke of solid magnesium oxide. What remains after burning is solid magnesium oxide.

Copyright:© 1991 Richard Megna - Fundamental Photographs

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