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Give reasons why copper utensils become black on heating

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Answered by sarthak2645
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This is because on heating copper it reacts with the atmospheric oxygen to form a coating of copper oxide (CuO) which is black in color ( the reaction is oxidation)

2Cu + O2 ------heating-------> 2CuO

(black coloured)

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