Thursday 14 March 2013

Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is dipped in it?


1. Why does the colour of copper sulphate solution change when an iron nail is dipped in it?
Answer:When an iron nail dipped in the copper sulphate solution than iron displaces copper from the copper sulphate because iron is more reactive than copper. Therefore the colour of the copper sulphate solution changes.
The reaction involved is

25 comments:

  1. bhaiya aapke blogspot ki bazah se mein ghar par padh pa raha hoon...

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  2. Which type of reaction is this?

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    1. Those reaction in which one elements taken the place of another element in a compound , are known as displacement reaction

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  4. Is it displacement and redox or double displacement? Actually my exam options were these two.

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  5. What happened to the iron nail ,when it was kept undisturbed for some time in the solution.

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    1. Answer:When an iron nail dipped in the copper sulphate solution than iron displaces copper from the copper sulphate because iron is more reactive than copper. Therefore the colour of the copper sulphate solution changes.
      The reaction involved is

      Cpied from the above

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  6. This answer is not sufficient

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