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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

A shiny brown-colored element ‘X’ on heating in the air becomes black in color. Name the element ‘X’ and the black-colored compound formed.

Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years ago
Dear Student

X’ is copper (Cu) and the black-coloured compound formed is copper oxide (CuO). The equation of the reaction involved on heating copper is given below.
2Cu + O2 ------------------>ZnSO4 ​(aq)+Cu (s)

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