By Team Aakash Byju's | 27th January 2023

A student was given a mixture of sulphur and iron filings. He was told to heat the mixture and observe. What will be the colour of the compound formed?

A

B

C

D

Red

Black

Orange

Blue

Detailed Explanation

The correct answer is  B) Black.

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Iron is a metal with the symbol Fe and its atomic number is 26.

Sulphur is a non-metal with an atomic number of 16.

When sulphur and iron filings are heated together, Iron sulphide is formed.

The chemical reaction can be represented as,

Fe   +        S               FeS

(Iron) + (Sulphur)

(Iron Sulphide)

Iron sulphide is a black-coloured compound.