Making Salts 2

Aim: To produce copper sulfate salt by reaching copper plus a with an acid.

Method:

1. Add 20ml of sulfuric acid to a 100ml Brauer. Heat the acid until it reaches 70°c. Turn off your bunsen burner.

2. Once heated, use a spatula to add pea-sized portions or copper oxide to the basket. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds.

3. Repeat step 2 until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool.

4. Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the filter funnel into the second Beaker.

5. Make sure the Beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should still be hot.

6. Gently swirl the contents of the Beaker to mix, and then pour into the filter paper in the funnel. Allow to filter through.

7. Rinse the Beaker you used to heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod filled with 50-60ml of water. 

8. Place the evaporating basin on top of the Beaker and carefully pour some of the solutions from the Beaker into the evaporating basin.

9. Gently heat the Beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.

10. leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once cool, move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will no be disturbed (I.e a window-sill) and observe over the next few days. Blue copper sulfate crystals should form.

Results:

Conclusion:

We mix everything like we were told to and ours came out as the best in the class with very good results.