A student conducted an experiment. Magnesium metal was placed in a Bunsen burner to react with oxygen. The magnesium initially was gray, shiny metal. After the experiment it was not shiny. It was a
grayish-white powder. Bright, white light and heat was given off. Be sure to include:
a. Did a chemical reaction take place? How do you know? Give evidence.
b. What type of reaction is this? What evidence helped you make this determination?
c. Predict the products and write a balanced chemical reaction for this experiment?