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Copper does not react with water because the oxygen in water is locked into a compound with two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen. Oxygen by it's self, reacts with copper to patina the copper. The patina shields the copper from corrosion, unlike iron, which oxygen oxides iron and causes rust, which is a type of corrosion.

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