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When an element is heated what type of reaction is this?
I am learning reactions in honors chemistry. Synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, double displacement, and combustion.
I have a lab where I heat copper and I have to know what type of reaction this is. I had first assumed this would be combustion, but I am not sure.
I would also like to know what equation this would be. When heat is added, is it just adding oxygen? So along the lines of Cu + O would be the reactant?
2 Answers
- 1 decade ago
There is no reaction if you just heat up copper until it melts. However, if you heat it up at a very high temperature and high oxygen pressure then it will form cuprous oxide Cu2O or cupric oxide CuO.
