Using magnesium ribbon instead of powdered magnesium decrease the rate of reaction between magnesium and air.
What is rate of reaction?
Rate of reaction tells about the duration of the completion of the reaction.
Rate of any reaction is directly proportional to the concentration and surface area of the reactant, temperature, catalyst, no. of collision, activation energy, etc.
So, if we magnesium in the ribbon instead of powdered magnesium the surface area of the reactant side decreases which results in the decrease of the rate of reaction.
Hence, option (D) is correct i.e. rate of reaction decreases on using magnesium ribbon instead of powdered magnesium.
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