What will be left, if chlorophyll is burnt?

Magnesium

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Manganese

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Iron

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Sulphur

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Solution

The correct option is A Magnesium
Chlorophylls are light harvesting pigments of green plants. They are cyclic tetrapyrroles in which one atom of magnesium is coordinated to the centre of cyclic tetrapyrrole head. If the chlorophyll molecule is burnt, the inorganic constituent magnesium will be left rest of the molecule being organic in nature will be oxidised into gaseous state.

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