Silver metal does not combine easily with oxygen but silver jewellery tarnishes after some time. How ?

Silver metal does not combine easily with oxygen but silver jewellery tarnishes after some time. How ?

Monjur Alahi

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2025-01-04 04:42

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Salim Ahmed Kawsar

The silver articles combine slowly with the hydrogen sulphide gas present in air to form a black coating of silver sulphide. The tarnishing of the silver objects is due to this silver sulphide coating on the object’s surface.

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