When magnesium ribbon burnt it produce:

Magnesium hydroxide

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Magnesium oxide

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Magnesium chloride

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Magnesium sulphate

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Solution

The correct option is B Magnesium oxide

When magnesium ribbon burns, it reacts with the oxygen present in the air and form a powdery ash called magnesium oxide.
$2 M g + O_{2} \to 2 M g O$ .
Hence option B is correct.

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