Why do silver ornaments lose their shine and turn black when kept for sometime?
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because silver undergoes photolytic decomposition reaction and when kept for sometime it forms silver oxide which is black in color
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the silver of the ornaments react with sulfer and hydrogen in air present due to pollution. After series of reaction a coating of silver sulfide is formed on the ornaments which is black in colour. This type of reaction is tarnish reaction.
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