Dazzling light! Magnesium burns
When magnesium burns in oxygen it gives off a super bright white light. The shiny metal turns into a white powder called magnesium oxide.
The result
- What it makes
- Magnesium oxide
- Equation
- 2Mg + O₂ → 2MgO
- When it happens
- When heated
Fun fact from Fizzy: Old-time cameras used burning magnesium as a flash!
🥽 Burning magnesium is so bright it can hurt your eyes. Never look straight at it.