Copper and brass vessels are cleaned with lemon.
write scientific reason.
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Lemon contains citric acid and cu is a metal and brass is an alloy of metals.
Acid tarnishes the metal by reacting with it.
Since citric acid is a weak acid so it slowly removes the upper layer of the metal of which the vessel is made.
Acid tarnishes the metal by reacting with it.
Since citric acid is a weak acid so it slowly removes the upper layer of the metal of which the vessel is made.
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So they are neutralised if any additional extracts are there
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