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Why should magnesium ribbon be cleaned before burning in air ?
  • 4 answers

Shivam Vishwakarma 5 years, 4 months ago

Because magnesium ribbon has a layer of magnesium carbonate

Bhoomi Sharma 5 years, 4 months ago

It should be cleaned to remove the oxide layer formed on it's surface

Yogita Ingle 5 years, 4 months ago

Magnesium ribbon should be cleaned with sandpaper before burning in the air because of the following reasons:

  • Magnesium very reactive element which rapidly reacts with oxygen in the air to form a white layer of magnesium oxide and this layer will not burn.
  • To remove the Magnesium oxide layer from the ribbon which may prevent or slow down the burning of
  • magnesium ribbon.
  • Unwanted impurities deposited on the magnesium ribbon can be removed and only pure magnesium can be used for the reaction.

Pushti Bhardwaj 5 years, 4 months ago

It should be cleaned before burning so that the magnesium oxide formed is free of dust
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