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is the name of the green coloured coating formed on the surface of copper, when it reacts with carbon dioxide.

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Important Questions on Metals and Non-metals

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Define corrosion and write two ways to prevent the corrosion.
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What is corrosion? Give remedies for the prevention of corrosion.
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Mention two ways of preventing rusting of iron.
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Corrosion of copper gives rise to a green coating known as _____.
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What is corrosion? Write any three methods to prevent corrosion.
 
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Which metal doesn't corrode easily?
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Copper loses its brown layer gradually when exposed to air. Give reason.
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Silver articles become black when kept in open for some time, whereas copper vessels lose their shiny brown surfaces and gain a green coat when kept in open. Name the substances present in air with which these metals react and write the name of the products formed.
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Give reasons:

Aluminium is a highly reactive metal. Yet it is used to make utensils for cooking. 

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Explain, why copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide in the air and slowly loses its shiny brown surface and gains a green coat. 

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Why do we apply paint on iron articles?
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State two ways to prevent the rusting of iron.
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If copper is kept open in air, it slowly loses its shining brown surface and gains a green coating. It is due to the formation of 
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Which is not a step of metallurgy?
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Why do we apply paint on iron articles?
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Solder is an alloy of lead and tin.

State one important use of water.

 

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Name the process by which impure ore of aluminium gets purified by using concentrated solution of an alkali.
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State the differences between rusting and rust.
 
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What is rust? Write chemical equation of rusting.