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Silver metal does not combine easily with oxygen but silver jewellery tarnishes after some time. How?
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Silver metal does not combine easily with oxygen but silver jewellery tarnishes after some time because there is a presence of hydrogen sulphide in the air which is responsible to form a black layer of silver sulphide on the surface. The tarnishing of the silver objects is due to this silver sulphide coating on the object's surface.
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