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Copper coin question?

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what is the brown layer on the top of a oxidized copper coin and why is it there?

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  1. That is a layer of oxide.


  2. The brown layer would be cuprous oxide (copper(I) oxide, Cu2O).  It is there because the copper reacted with the oxygen in air - it is an "oxidized copper coin."
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