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State whether the given statement is true or false:

Silver jewellery items tarnish slowly in air due to their reaction with $H_{2} S$ .

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Silver and silver-plated objects react with sulfur and sulfur compounds to produce silver sulfide (Ag2S), or tarnish.
$A g + H_{2} S \to H_{2} + A g S$

Hence,given statement is true.

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