What is the green coating that gets formed on the copper surface?

Copper oxide

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Copper carbonate

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Copper sulphate

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A double salt of Copper gets formed

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Solution

The correct option is B
Copper carbonate

When the oxide layer formed on the surface of copper undergoes reaction with carbon-dioxide then a green coloured coating of copper carbonate gets formed.

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What is the green coating that gets formed on the copper surface?

The correct option is B Copper carbonate When the oxide layer formed on the surface of copper undergoes reaction with carbon-dioxide then a green coloured coating of copper carbonate gets formed.

The correct option is B
Copper carbonate

When the oxide layer formed on the surface of copper undergoes reaction with carbon-dioxide then a green coloured coating of copper carbonate gets formed.