Elemental boron is produced in one industrial process by heating diboron trioxide with magnesium metal, also producing magnesium oxide as a by-product. write the unbalanced equation for this reaction.

Answer is: B₂O₃ + Mg → B + MgO.

B₂O₃ + 3Mg → 2B + 3MgO, balanced.

B₂O₃ - diboron trioxide. White, glassy solid compound.

B - boron. Metalloid, crystalline boron is and amorphous boron is a brown powder.

Mg - magnesium. S hiny, gray and solid metal.

MgO - magnesium oxide. W hite, hygroscopic solid powder.