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 == Synthesis / Occurrences ==
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-There are many ways that magnesium oxide can be formed. One way in which magnesium oxide is made is the burning of magnesium oxide in air. This creates a white smoke that contains mostly fine particles of magnesium oxide. This forms into a white powder consisting of about 90 percent magnesium oxide and 10 percent magnesium nitride, since both the oxygen and the nitrogen in the air will react with the magnesium.<ref>Ophardt, Charles E. [http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/143Amgoxide.html Formation of Ionic Magnesium Compounds] ''Virtual Chembook-Elmhurst College''. Web. Accessed on January 2, 2014.</ref>
+There are many ways that magnesium oxide can be formed. One way in which magnesium oxide is made is the burning of magnesium ribbon in air. This creates a white smoke that contains mostly fine particles of magnesium oxide. It then forms into a white powder consisting of about 90 percent magnesium oxide and 10 percent magnesium nitride, since both the oxygen and the nitrogen in the air will react with the magnesium.<ref>Ophardt, Charles E. [http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/143Amgoxide.html Formation of Ionic Magnesium Compounds] ''Virtual Chembook-Elmhurst College''. Web. Accessed on January 2, 2014.</ref>
 == Uses ==