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Copper oxidizes in air to form copper oxide, which has a green color. This is similar to the rusting that occurs when iron is exposed to oxygen.
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What does crystallized copper sulfate look like?
Greenish - blue, like (almost) all copper compounds.
What is the greenish film on bronze called?
There is a lot of copper in bronze. When copper oxides (rusts) it turns green. It is a form of copper oxide.
What color does copper become when it reacts with acetic acid?
When copper reacts with acetic acid, copper acetate is formed. Copper acetate is a dark greenish-blue colour.
Why is a copper vessel covered with a green coating in rainy season?
The copper is oxidized by carbonic acid in the rain to form copper carbonate, a greenish solid.
What color formed when copper mixed with chlorine in water?
It should be a greenish blue.
When copper is heated which colour will it turn to?
It turns greenish.
What is the difference between copper and chlorine?
copper is a red solid. Chlorine is a greenish gas.
Why a greenish deposit is found on copper vessels in rain season?
The hydrated copper carbonate is formed.
How to make copper white?
Copper can turn greenish-White if left /encouraged to oxidize. Otherwise you have to paint it.
What does crystallized copper sulfate look like?
Greenish - blue, like (almost) all copper compounds.
What is the greenish film on bronze called?
There is a lot of copper in bronze. When copper oxides (rusts) it turns green. It is a form of copper oxide.
What color could a andaconda be?
An anaconda can be any color from greenish to brownish with stripes and or spots on it
What shade is heliconia?
Heliconias are primarily red with greenish-yellow tips and black spots.
What is the typical color of copper compounds?
Copper takes on a brownish color, I've used copper dust in chem that was greenish-blue, that's a pretty popular color. when copper is burnt it produces a green flame, I've also used copper that was gray and greenish-blue in non manufactured copper things I'd look for a bluish green color.
How does the element copper behave when mixed with oxide?
Oxide is not an element . Copper plus oxygen eaquals copper oxide .Pure copper exposed to oxygen turns greenish .
What color does copper become when it reacts with acetic acid?
When copper reacts with acetic acid, copper acetate is formed. Copper acetate is a dark greenish-blue colour.
Why is a copper vessel covered with a green coating in rainy season?
The copper is oxidized by carbonic acid in the rain to form copper carbonate, a greenish solid.
