What Is Formed When Copper Reacts With Oxygen?
Last Updated Apr 8, 2020 5:58:20 PM ET
Copper oxide is formed when copper reacts with oxygen. In chemistry experiments, this reaction can be sparked by heating copper with a burner, turning the original copper black.
The black copper oxide that is produced can be restored to original copper color through a reaction with hydrogen. Heated black copper oxide that is placed within a hydrogen atmosphere results in not only the original copper but water as well.
If the heated copper is removed from the hydrogen atmosphere, it turns black, forming copper oxide once again. This occurs because the copper is still warm enough to cause the original reaction between copper and oxygen.
More From Reference
Here’s How the COVID-19 Pandemic Changed In-Person Retail Shopping in Lasting Ways
A Brief History of Insults: How Different Cultures Use Spoken and Written Verse to Mock and Mediate
Monkeydactyl and the Little Foot Fossil: Major Evolutionary Breakthroughs of 2021 (So Far)
Fact Check: How Accurate Are Farmers Almanac Weather Forecasts in Comparison to Weather Apps?
What Annual Income Is Considered Poverty Level & How Was the Federal Poverty Level Established?
Tokyo 2020: Here's How the First Modern Olympics Started 125 Years Ago