8. ACTIVITY/OBSERVATION /INFERENCE
TAKE A LITTLE AMOUNT OF COPPER
SULPHATE PENTAHYDRATE IN A DRY TEST
TUBE AND HEAT IT INA BLUE FLAME OF
BUNSEN BURNER.
WATER DROPLETS FROM SALT COME OUT
AND ADHERE TO THE INNER WALLS OF
TEST TUBE
COPPER SULPHATE LOSES ITS BLUE
COLOUR DUE TO LOSS OF WATER.
9. COPPER SULPHATE IS BLUE IN COLOUR DUE TO
FIVE WATER MOLECULES IN EACH MOLE……
11. EFFLORSCENCE
THE LOSS OF WATER OF CRSTALLIZATION
FROM A HYDRATED SALT
BEFORE HEATING AFTER HEATING
CuSO4 .5H2O CuSO4 + 5 H2O
BLUE WHITE
Hydrated salt Anhydrous salt
12. OBSERVATION & INFERENCE
COPPER SULPHATE IS A HYDRATED SALT WHICH HOLDS FIVE
WATER MOLECULES WITH IT ,CALLED AS COPPER SULPHATE
PENTA HYDRATE.
ON HEATING IT LOOSES ITS FIVE MOLECULES OF WATER AND
HENCE BECOME ANHYDROUS WHITE SALT.
WHEN WATER IS ADDED THE SALT REGAINS THE BLUE COLOUR.
SO BLUE COLOUR OF COPPER SULPHATE IS DUE TO WATER
MOLECULES.