Write the word equation for the following and identify the reactants and the products in the reaction.
Burning magnesium in the air.

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Solution

When magnesium burns in air or oxygen with a brilliant white light, forming magnesium oxide.
$\underset{Magnesium}{2 Mg} + \underset{Oxygen}{O_{2}} \to \underset{Magnesium oxide}{2 MgO}$

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