Magnesium oxide can be made by heating magnesium metal in the presence of oxygen. The balanced equation for the reaction is

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$Magnesium+Oxygen-->Magnesium\ Oxide\\\\You\ need\ complement\ factors:\\\\ Oxygen\ is\ always\ in\ two-atoms\ form:\\\\2Mg+O_2--->2MgO\\\\$

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