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Old 04-19-2006, 03:17 PM
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Default Re: Why did copper parts turn green?

The green is (probably) copper hydroxide, so it would form when the copper is wet and more rapidly if it still had some chemical residue on it to promote oxidation. If you rinse very well and dry the parts, you won't see that. Being sealed in tupperware might have trapped whatever moisture you had on them.
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