Magnesium burns in the presence of oxygen to from _______.

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Solution

Magnesium burns with a dazzling white flame.
It forms magnesium oxide.
$\underset{magnesium}{2 Mg (s)} + \underset{oxygen}{O_{2} (g)} \to \underset{magnesium oxide}{2 MgO}$
Hence,
Magnesium burns in the presence of oxygen to from magnesium oxide.

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