Metal and Oxygen

Making a Metal Oxide

Aim:

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

Observation:

Before the result, the magnesium was a metallic luster, when we had burned it in the Bunsen burner it became a bright white light. Before the reaction on copper, it was also a metallic luster, but after we burned it became black. Before we heated the copper it was a bronze color, and after we burned it became black.

Equations:

Magnesium + Oxygen = Magnesium Oxide

Copper + Oxygen = Copper Oxide

Iron + Oxygen = Iron oxide