Magnesium Combustion
Magnesium Combustion: Blinding white flash; do not look directly. Step-by-step mechanism, reagents and practice.
What happens
Blinding white flash; do not look directly.
Reaction summary
2Mg + O₂ → 2MgO
Reagents and conditions
- Starting material: Mg; O₂
- Conditions: Ignition
- Products: MgO