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The burning of a piece of magnesium ribbon in air is a chemical change. Explain.

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When the magnesium ribbon is burnt, a new substance with different chemical property is formed.

$2 M g + O_{2} ⟶ 2 M g O$

This property shows it is a chemical change.

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