If you needed to use powered copper 2 sulfate in an experiment and were only supplied with clumps of copper 2 sulfate which tool would you need to convert the copper sulfate to usable form?
Copper sulfate has CuSO4 as its formula. Copper sulfate is also written copper (II) sulfate.
Copper sulfate has CuSO4 as its formula. Copper sulfate is also written copper (II) sulfate.
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Copper sulfate is not a metal There are two compounds called Copper Sulfate, which are salts of the metal Copper. CuSO4 is Copper (II) Sulfate, once known as Cupric Sulfate. Cu2SO4 is Copper (I) Sulfate, once known as Cuprous Sulfate.
You would need to use a mortar and pestle to grind the clumps of copper (II) sulfate into a fine powder, making it easier to use in your experiment.
It is not recommended to use an iron spatula to stir a solution of copper sulfate as the iron can react with the copper sulfate solution and potentially contaminate or alter the solution. It is best to use a glass or plastic spatula for stirring solutions containing copper sulfate.
The solute in a copper sulfate solution is copper sulfate (CuSO4).
Copper(I) sulfate is Cu2SO4: the ratio Cu/SO4 is 2.
Sulfuric Acid. The chemical reaction is Cu + 2H2SO4 = CuSO4 + SO2 + 2H2O
Copper sulfate is not black. Combined with water, as hydrated copper sulfate, it is blue. Without water, as anhydrous copper sulfate, it is white.
To change blue copper sulfate to white copper sulfate, you can heat the blue copper sulfate to drive off the water molecules and get anhydrous white copper sulfate. This process is known as dehydration. Be cautious when heating copper sulfate as it can release toxic fumes.