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Describe an experiment to investigate the “active part of air”.

Describe an experiment to investigate the “active part of air”.

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Kavungya
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Procedure
Arrange the apparatus as shown above.
Heat Potassium Permanganate for a few seconds before heating the copper foil.
Now heat both the Permanganate and copper. Record your observations.

Observation
When copper is heated in both air and oxygen it turns black. This implies that oxygen must be present in air and is responsible for turning copper black when heated.
Oxygen is therefore the active of air and is responsible for rusting of iron as well Potassium Permanganate was heated first in this experiment to produce oxygen which drove out all the air in the apparatus.
Kavungya answered the question on March 25, 2019 at 09:28

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