Metal Oxide Experiment

Making a Metal Oxide

Aim: To make metal oxide and observe the difference in properties of the product compared to reactants.

Equipment: A piece of magnesium, Bunsen burner, safety glasses, metal scissor tongs.

Method: 1. Light your bunsen burner.

               2. Hold your piece of magnesium in the scissor tongs. Ensure you are holding onto                     the very tip of the magnesium.

               3. Place the other end of the magnesium into the Bunsen flame (blue flame).

               4. When the magnesium begins to burn, do not look directly at it, as the light                             emitted can permanently damage your eyes.

Observation: Before I put the magnesium onto the flame it was hard, shiny, and malleable. When I put it onto the flame it then became like a paper-ish texture and it lights so much. After the equipment the magnesium turned into something like and ash powder.

It went like this. (not the actual photo of my experiment)