Burnt copper

Credit: ANDREW LAMBERT PHOTOGRAPHY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Burnt copper. Strip of copper that was oxidised in a bunsen burner flame. The flame's heat caused a reaction between the copper metal (brown) and the oxygen in the atmosphere. The copper and oxygen combined to form copper (II) oxide (grey). This type of reaction is called oxidation.

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