DRISH SHAH 9C 31

CHEMISTRY RBA
Shining copper article
THE EXPERIMENT ANALYSIS
- NATURE
- VINEGAR IS ACIDIC IN NATURE AS IT IS MADE UP OF ACETIC ACID WHICH IS CH3COOH.
- LIME IS JUICE IS ACIDIC IN NATURE AS IT CONTAINS CITRIC ACID WHICH IS C6H8O7.
- TOMATO JUICE IS ACIDIC IN NATURE BECAUSE IT CONTAINS THE CITRIC ACID WHICH IS SLIGHTY LESS ACIDIC IN VINEGAR, THE MALIC ACID WHICH IS THE HALF
OF THE CITRIC ACID AND THE OXALIC ACID WHICH IS VERY REACTIVE.
- OBSERVATION
- THE EXISTING CUPROUS OXIDE COATING WILL SLOWLY ERADICATE
- FORMING A CUPROUS
- ACETATE IN AIR/OXYGEN FORMING A CHEMICAL REACTION WITH COPPER TO FORM A RUST.VINEGAR IS ACIDIC IN NATURE AND THUS CREATES A COPPER OXIDE
THAT FORMS THE LAYERING ON THE RUST WHICH LATER DISSOLVES AND IS OXIDISED. HENCE, THE PART OF THE COPPER MATERIAL WILL SHINE AGAIN.
- COPPER REACTS WITH MOIST CARBONDIOXIDE IN AIR TO FORM COPPER CARBONATE AND AS A RESULT COPPER VESSEL LOSES ITS SHINY BROWN SURFACE
FORMING A LAYER OF COPPER CARBONATE.AFTER PUTTING COPPER VESSEL IN LIME JUICE THE COPPER VESSEL GETS ITS LUSTER. SINCE THE LAYER OF
COPPER IS OXIDISED, IT SHINES AGAIN. AS A RESULT A COLOUR DIFFERENCE IS SEEN.
- OXALIC ACID ACTS AS AN INBITING AGENT BY FORMING A LAYERING ON THE COPPER SURFACE.
- THE HIGH REMOVAL RATE AND LOW DISSOLUTION RATES MAKES IT A COMPLEXING AGENT.
- SINCE THE OXALIC ACID HAS A HIGH REMOVAL RATE THERE IS A COLOUR CHANGE BEING SEEN BETWEEN THE RUST FORMED DUE TO THE MOISTURE IN THE AIR
AND THE COPPER VESSEL.
- REACTION
- 2CH3COOH + CuO Cu(CH3COO)2 + H2O
- 3CuO + 2C6H8O7 3H2O + Cu3(C6H5O7)2
- C2H2O4 + CuO CuH2O4 + 2C
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