Heating copper in air

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Source: Royal Society of Chemistry

Explore the reaction of copper with oxygen to produce copper oxide by heating a copper envelope in this practical

The downloadable resources include two levels of student worksheet (scaffolded and unscaffolded) with practical method and follow-up questions. Also included are lesson slides, teacher and technician notes containing answers to the questions on the student worksheets.

Suitable for use with 11–14 year old learners. The follow-up questions link the practical to quantitative chemistry topics including reactants and products, representing chemcial reactions and conservation of mass.

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