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Does copper also get rusted? I have seen...

Does copper also get rusted? I have seen a greenish deposit on the surface of copper vessels.

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When copper metal stands in the air for long, it forms a mixture of copper hydroxide and copper carbonate in air, which is greenish in colour.
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