Carbon dioxide doesn’t support combustion, yet burning of magnesium ribbon introduced in jar of carbon dioxide continues to burn. Explain this.

      

Carbon dioxide doesn’t support combustion, yet burning of magnesium ribbon introduced in jar of carbon dioxide continues to burn. Explain this.

  

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Kavungya
When a burning magnesium is introduced into a gas jar containing carbon dioxide, the intense heat burning magnesium produces, decomposes the carbon dioxide gas into carbon and oxygen. This oxygen now supports the continuous burning of magnesium.
Kavungya answered the question on March 25, 2019 at 09:46


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