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प्रश्न
Write scientific reason.
Meena’s mother uses lemon or tamarind for cleaning copper vessels turned greenish.
उत्तर
- The greenish colour on copper vessels is due to the formation of copper carbonate on it.
- Copper carbonate reacts with acids present in lemon or tamarind and as a result, this copper carbonate layer gets removed.
Hence, Meena’s mother uses lemon or tamarind for cleaning copper vessels turned greenish.
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