1. We should burn a small piece of Magnesium ribbon by holding it with tongs.
2. Collect the white ash and dissolve it in a little water.
3. Touch the solutions formed and test this solution with blue litmus and red litmus.
4. This solution turns red litmus blue.
5. Oxides of Magnesium when dissolved in water form Magnesium Hydroxide.
6. Magnesium Hydroxide is a base.
