Magnesium · Quick hit · 0:50 · Apr 2025

Burning Mg in Nitrogen!!! (makes a surprising cleaning product)

In this experiment I see if I can get Magnesium to burn through all the oxygen in a jar and start burning the oxygen.

In this experiment I see if I can get Magnesium to burn through all the oxygen in a jar and start burning the oxygen. I then tested the product and compared it to when Magnesium burned in air. The Magnesium Oxide in produced in air is different than the magnesium nitride produced in when burned in nitrogen. The magnesium nitride when mixed with water produces Ammonia!

Let me know what interesting experiments you want to see and I will try and work those in.

Lab sheets

None for this lesson yet. They are coming.