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You need to start with a copper compound and react it with an acid to get the salt you want. If you use hydrochloric acid you will get a chloride; if you use nitric acid you will get a nitrate. You asked for copper sulphate so can you decide for yourself which acid you need? You will need to put this in a conical flask and heat it - if you're heating acids you must wear protective goggles - and add some copper oxide. This is black. It will react and form a blue solution. You need to be sure you have used up all your acid so you must use enough copper oxide to have some left over. Stop heating and filter it to get rid of the rest of the copper oxide. You want to get rid of the water now - if you want to be quick you can evaporate it by placing it in an evaporating basin on top of a beaker of boiling water. If you have time you can just leave it to evaporate slowly at room temperature. If you do it this way you will get nicer, bigger crystals. Why do you think this is? Look carefully at your crystals to see what shape they are.

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Do copper sulphate crystals have cleavage planes?

No, copper sulphate crystals do not have cleavage planes because they are not considered minerals with cleavage. Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along specific planes due to its crystal structure, which copper sulphate does not exhibit. Instead, copper sulphate crystals tend to break irregularly along their structure.


What is The name of the copper sulphate after being heated?

Copper Sulphate usually is found in a hydrated form (i.e., water molecules are incorporated into the crystals.) Pure copper sulphate is a pale, greenish gray color. The familiar blue color only occurs in hydrates of copper sulphate (i.e., in crystals that incorporate H20 molecules). Heating the blue crystals can drive off the water. It's still called copper sulphate after you do that. For substances like copper sulphate that naturally attract water, the adjective, anhydrous often is used to describe the pure (water free) state. If you heat copper sulphate to a temperature of 650C, it will decompose into something else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_sulphate


What is the colour of copper sulphate crystals before and after heating?

Copper Sulphate crystals before heating r blue....but after heating I dunno , may be u should try and ask your Sci.Miss/Sir I'll get back when I get the other answer .


How will you obtain pure copper sulphate crystal?

boil off the solvent (usually water) until you are left with copper sulfate crystals. For getting back the copper sulphate crystals from copper sulphate solution, we have to first make super saturated solution by boiling, then allow to cool down & dried these crystals with filter paper.


What do you get when you evaporate a copper sulphate solution?

You'll get first: blue Cu-sulfate pentahydrate crystall's and after further heating: white anhydrous Cu-sulfate powder.

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How would the crystals of copper sulphate be prepared?

melt the copper sulfate and see what appers


What do copper sulphate crystals form when a hot saturated solution of copper sulphate is cooled?

Copper sulphate crystals form when a hot saturated solution of copper sulphate is cooled down. As the solution cools, the solubility of copper sulphate decreases, causing the excess copper sulphate to come out of the solution and form crystals.


Can Copper Sulphate crystals dissolve?

Yes, Copper Sulphate crystals can dissolve in water to form a blue solution.


What substance changes blue anhydrous copper sulphate crystals to white?

Water changes blue anhydrous copper sulphate crystals to white by creating hydrated copper sulphate, which is white in color.


Do copper sulphate crystals have cleavage planes?

No, copper sulphate crystals do not have cleavage planes because they are not considered minerals with cleavage. Cleavage is the tendency of a mineral to break along specific planes due to its crystal structure, which copper sulphate does not exhibit. Instead, copper sulphate crystals tend to break irregularly along their structure.


What colour are copper sulphate crystals?

very dark blue


How can you dissolve blue copper sulphate crystals faster?

You can dissolve blue copper sulphate crystals faster by increasing the temperature of the solvent (water), stirring the solution, or crushing the crystals to increase the surface area in contact with the solvent.


Let the fourmula for the hydrous copper sulphate be CuSO4XH20 where X represents the number of water molecules write a balanced equation for the heating of the blue copper sulphate crystals?

Let the fourmula for the hydrous copper sulphate be CuSO4XH20 where X represents the number of water molecules write a balanced equation for the heating of the blue copper sulphate crystals?


What can you get from evaporating copper sulphate?

Evaporating a copper sulphate solution you can obtain anhydrous crystals of CuSO4. Increasing the temperature CuSO4 will be thermally dissociated.


What was left when water evaporates from copper sulphate solution?

Copper sulfate crystals remain in the container.


What is The name of the copper sulphate after being heated?

Copper Sulphate usually is found in a hydrated form (i.e., water molecules are incorporated into the crystals.) Pure copper sulphate is a pale, greenish gray color. The familiar blue color only occurs in hydrates of copper sulphate (i.e., in crystals that incorporate H20 molecules). Heating the blue crystals can drive off the water. It's still called copper sulphate after you do that. For substances like copper sulphate that naturally attract water, the adjective, anhydrous often is used to describe the pure (water free) state. If you heat copper sulphate to a temperature of 650C, it will decompose into something else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_sulphate


What is the colour of copper sulphate crystals before and after heating?

Copper Sulphate crystals before heating r blue....but after heating I dunno , may be u should try and ask your Sci.Miss/Sir I'll get back when I get the other answer .