Copper sulfate is normally found in the form of blue crystals, copper (II) sulfate pentahydrate. When you heat copper sulfate pentahydrate it turns white as the water which is driven off by the heat. The white solid remaining is anhydrous copper sulfate. If you add water to the anhydrous copper sulfate an exothermic reaction occurs, you can feel the test-tube getting hot, as the blue copper sulfate pentahydrate is re-formed.
To test for the presence of water in anhydrous copper sulfate, heat a small sample of the compound in a test tube. If the compound changes color from white to blue, it indicates that water is present in the compound. This color change happens as the anhydrous copper sulfate absorbs water vapor from the air, converting back into hydrated copper sulfate.
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
It turns into blueish clear crystals but only if u don't have a lid on it when it is heated!add. as it is heated, the water of crystallization will be driven off, and soon you'll have a greenish powder.
Oh, dude, you're asking about chemistry now? Well, technically, dissolving anhydrous copper II sulfate in water is an endothermic reaction because it absorbs heat from its surroundings. So, yeah, it's not exothermic, but hey, at least you're learning something, right?
Heating copper sulfate pentahydrate leads to a dehydration reaction, where water molecules are removed from the compound. This results in the formation of anhydrous copper sulfate.
To test for the presence of water in anhydrous copper sulfate, heat a small sample of the compound in a test tube. If the compound changes color from white to blue, it indicates that water is present in the compound. This color change happens as the anhydrous copper sulfate absorbs water vapor from the air, converting back into hydrated copper sulfate.
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
When heated, copper sulfate crystals lose their water molecules and turn into anhydrous copper sulfate, releasing steam in the process. The color of the crystals changes from blue to white as they lose the water.
It turns into blueish clear crystals but only if u don't have a lid on it when it is heated!add. as it is heated, the water of crystallization will be driven off, and soon you'll have a greenish powder.
When you heat copper sulfate, it undergoes a physical change where it loses its water of hydration, turning from blue crystals to a white powder (anhydrous copper sulfate). This change is reversible, as adding water to the white powder will turn it back to blue crystals.
The product is Copper Sulphate. Formula = CuSO4
The difference is that anhydrous copper(II) sulfate has no water of crystallisation. The anhydrous variant is a white solid while the hydrated variant is blue. Also, the chemical formula for hydrated copper(II) sulfate (or copper sulfate pentahydrate) is CuSO4.5H2O while that of the anhydrous one is CuSO4.
The blue copper(II) sulfate is a pentahydrate: CuSO4.5H2O. The anhydrous form - CuSO4 - is white.
You have this backwards. Copper sulfate, CuSO4.5H2O is blue. When it is gently heated, it loses water and turns white.CuSO4.5H2O --> CuSO4 + 5 H2O.The white substance is anhydrous copper sulfate. If you put water on it it turns blue again.
i think copper oxide + sulphur dioxide
When heat is added to anhydrous copper sulfate, it will undergo an endothermic reaction and absorb the heat energy to form hydrated copper sulfate. The anhydrous form of copper sulfate will turn blue as it absorbs water molecules from the surrounding environment, forming hydrated copper sulfate.
Heating copper sulfate with a Bunsen burner will cause the compound to undergo a dehydration reaction, where it loses water molecules to form anhydrous copper sulfate. The characteristic blue color of the copper sulfate will change as it loses water molecules and turns white.