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Why do silver articles become black on prolonged exposure to air ?

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Silver articles react with hydrogen sulphide gas present in air to from black silver sulphide.
` 2Ag + H_(2)S to underset(" Silver sulphide") (Ag_(2)S) +H_(2)`
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