A shiny brown coloured element ‘X’ on heating in the air becomes black in colour. Name the element ‘X’ and the black-coloured compound formed.

The shiny brown-coloured element is Copper metal (Cu). When the metal is heated in air, it reacts with atmospheric oxygen to form copper oxide. Hence, the black-coloured compound is copper oxide.

2Cu(s) + O2(g) → 2CuO(s)