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Why when we heat copper powder in air the surface of the copper powder turns black

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Answered by kotaravi54321
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Copper reacts with oxygen in the air upon heating and forms copper oxide. The black colour is due to the formation of this copper (II) oxide. The copper oxide thus formed can be reduced to its basic metal form by reducing it with hydrogen or carbon monoxide.......

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