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Ernest Z.
Mar 6, 2017

The products are iron and magnesium oxide. This is a single displacement reaction.

Explanation:

Magnesium is above iron in the electrochemical series, so it can displace iron from its compounds.

The equation is

#"Fe"_2"O"_3 + "3Mg" → underbrace("3MgO")_color(red)("magnesium oxide") + underbrace("2Fe")_color(red)("iron") #

We call this a single displacement reaction because one atom (#"Mg"#) displaces another atom (#"Fe"#) as a partner of the #"O"# atom

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