Copper II Sulphate Water 5 On Watch Glass
by Martyn F. Chillmaid/science Photo Library
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Copper II Sulphate Water 5 On Watch Glass
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Martyn F. Chillmaid/science Photo Library
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Copper II sulfate pentahydrate granular; CuSO4??5H2O; Molar mass 249.685 g/mol Also known as copper sulphate, blue vitriol, ?bluestone, vitriol of copper, ?Roman vitriol, It is an inorganic compound, exothermic as it dissolves in water. It is used as a fungicide. in the laboratory it is a component of Fehling's and?Benedict's solutions?to test for?reducing sugars. In a?Biuret reagent?it is used to test for proteins. Heating will convert it to its grey/white anhydrous state and adding water to anhydrous powder will convert it back to pentahydrate. There are several methods to grow large copper sulphate crystals.
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