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No copper kettles are coated with special chemicals which prevents steam reacting with it just like aluminum forms an oxide layer which prevents it from further reacting. If no layer were put on the kettle it would turn greenish because copper would have reacted.................
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Kyle.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes, copper and water will react given enough time. The product will be cupric or cuprous oxide, which is a green color. This is why the Statue of Liberty is a unique shade of green - it is made of copper which then developed the green patina.
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lead does not react with water or steam
Does copper react with nitrogen?
no
Do copper and steel react?
NO
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Why does oxygen decrease the conductivity of copper?
Oxygen will make it impure and will react with the copper making it copper oxide, which isnt as conductive as copper alone
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Is steam and copper a mineral?
Copper is a mineral, steam is not.
Does Lead react with steam?
lead does not react with water or steam
Does tin react with steam?
dose tin react with steam
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Argon is not a metal so you cannot expect "metals like argon" to do anything!
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No, but magnesium ribbon will react with copper sulphate
Does copper react quickly with alkalis?
Copper doesn't react wih alkalis.
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no
How does copper nitrate react with copper oxide?
It doesn't.
What does copper not react with?
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