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Magnesium wire burns in the atmosphere o...

Magnesium wire burns in the atmosphere of `CO_2` because:

A

Magnesium acts as an oxidising agent

B

Magnesium has two electrons in the outermost orbit

C

Magnesium acts as a reducing agent and removes oxygen from `CO_2`

D

None of these

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C
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