Nigel Baldwin | Halloween chemistry @nigelbaldwin3184 | Uploaded October 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
High School Chemistry

Heating a mixture of copper (II) oxide and carbon powder on a tin lid.

Thermal reduction.

The dark spots are iron (III) oxide, which does not get reduced under these conditions.

Is that a pumpkin face?

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