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Beryllium oxide is heated.
What is the chemical reaction equation?

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Answer:

BeO

Reaction of beryllium with air

However, powdered beryllium metal does burn in air to give a mixture of white beryllium oxide, BeO, and beryllium nitride, Be3N2. Beryllium oxide is more normally made by heating beryllium carbonate. 2Be(s) + O2(g) → 2BeO(s)

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