What happens when you mix Copper and Oxygen?

Colour change! Copper and Oxygen

When copper is heated in air, oxygen joins onto it and the orange metal turns black. Outdoors, copper slowly turns green instead.

The result

What it makes
Copper(II) oxide
Equation
2Cu + O₂ → 2CuO
When it happens
When heated

Fun fact from Fizzy: The Statue of Liberty is made of copper. It used to be shiny orange-brown, and it turned green over time!

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