Sunday, January 17, 2010

A nail is placed in a solution of copper(II) sulfate. What would be observed?

Assuming it's an iron nail...





Quoting Wikipedia:





';In an illustration of a ';single metal replacement reaction,'; iron is submerged in a solution of copper sulfate. Upon standing, iron dissolves and copper precipitates.





Fe + CuSO4 鈫?FeSO4 + Cu





The copper can also be electroplated to the iron.';A nail is placed in a solution of copper(II) sulfate. What would be observed?
What kind of nail?A nail is placed in a solution of copper(II) sulfate. What would be observed?
2Fe+2CuSO4 =%26gt; 2FeSO4 + 2Cu





THere fore the observation woulb be colour change from blue to green

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