Aim: To produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid.
Equipment: Copper oxide, sulfuric acid, beaker, conical flask, bunsen burner, tripod, gauze mat, funnel, filter paper, spatula,
Method:
- First, we heated the sulfuric acid on the bunsen burner after heating it enough to about 70c we started mixing in the copper oxide with the sulfuric acid.
- After mixing the sulfuric acid with the copper oxide it turned into a blue colour then filtered the blue solution, We did this to make the blue liquid high concentration.
- After filtering the blue liquid we use a water bath to evaporate the blue solution.
- Lastly, we placed the blue liquid next to the window on the window sill to crystalise the liquid.
Results:
After two days of waiting, we came back today and saw that our blue liquid had turned into a lot of tiny straight little crystals.
Our Crystals after two days:
Equations:
Symbol Equation: CuO + H2SO4 > CuSO4 + H2O
Word Equation: Copper oxide + Sulfuric acid > Copper Sulfate + Water