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    Preparation of Ammonium Copper (II) Sulphate

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    The document summarizes an experiment to prepare the double salt ammonium copper(II) sulfate hexahydrate. 1g of ammonium sulfate and 2g of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate were combined in water and heated to dissolve, then cooled to form crystals. The theoretical yield was calculated to be 3.02g based on the limiting reagent and molar masses. The actual yield obtained was 1.52g, which is 50.3% of the theoretical yield, potentially due to errors in the experimental procedure. The double salt formed larger blue crystals than its constituent salts.

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    Preparation of Ammonium Copper (II) Sulphate

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    The document summarizes an experiment to prepare the double salt ammonium copper(II) sulfate hexahydrate. 1g of ammonium sulfate and 2g of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate were combined in water and heated to dissolve, then cooled to form crystals. The theoretical yield was calculated to be 3.02g based on the limiting reagent and molar masses. The actual yield obtained was 1.52g, which is 50.3% of the theoretical yield, potentially due to errors in the experimental procedure. The double salt formed larger blue crystals than its constituent salts.

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    The document summarizes an experiment to prepare the double salt ammonium copper(II) sulfate hexahydrate. 1g of ammonium sulfate and 2g of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate were combined in water and heated to dissolve, then cooled to form crystals. The theoretical yield was calculated to be 3.02g based on the limiting reagent and molar masses. The actual yield obtained was 1.52g, which is 50.3% of the theoretical yield, potentially due to errors in the experimental procedure. The double salt formed larger blue crystals than its constituent salts.

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    Preparation of Ammonium Copper (II) Sulphate

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    The document summarizes an experiment to prepare the double salt ammonium copper(II) sulfate hexahydrate. 1g of ammonium sulfate and 2g of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate were combined in water and heated to dissolve, then cooled to form crystals. The theoretical yield was calculated to be 3.02g based on the limiting reagent and molar masses. The actual yield obtained was 1.52g, which is 50.3% of the theoretical yield, potentially due to errors in the experimental procedure. The double salt formed larger blue crystals than its constituent salts.

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    Practical Report 1

    Practical Report 1:
    Preparation of double salt Ammonium Copper(II) Sulphate
    Introduction:
    In the experiment that was performed a double salt from a mix Ammonium sulphate
    and copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate in water that was heated to create a double
    salt. A double salt is a salt that contains two distinct salts when dissolved but
    crystallises as a single substance, they contain more than one cation or anion. They
    usually form larger crystals than the constituents of the double salt. A well know
    double salt that serves as a cleaner, a laxative and helps with relief of cramps is
    Epsom salt or Magnesium Sulfate. Ammonium Copper(II) Sulphate hexahydrate,
    which has blue crystals. It has a square pyramidal molecular geometry (Morosin,
    1969).

    Reagents and Chemicals:

    Ammonium Sulphate
    Copper(II) Sulphate Pentahydrate

    Experimental Procedure
    1g of ammonium sulfate and 2g of copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate were combined in
    5ml of distilled water in a 100ml beaker, the mixture was gently heated on a hotplate,
    the solution was stirred while on the hot plate until the solid dissolved. When all of
    the solids were dissolved the solution was removed from the hotplate and placed on
    a tile to reach RT and then placed into in an ice bath for 5 min. Once the crystals
    formed, a vacuum system was constructed and the crystals were filtered, and
    transferred to two pieces of filter paper and left to dry. The filtrate that was in the
    Bchner flask was transferred to a beaker and placed on a hotplate and half of the
    filtrate was evaporated, it was then cooled under tap water and placed on a tile to
    allow crystals to form. The crystals were filtered and left to dry. Both samples were
    weighed and placed into sample bags and handed in.

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    Calculation of Expected Yield


    CuSO4.5H2O(aq) + (NH4)2SO4(aq)CuSO4 (NH4)2SO4. 6H2O
    Limiting Reagent: Amonium Sulphate
    Mass used: Ammonium sulphate = 1g, copper(ii) sulphate pentahydrate = 2g,1+2=3g
    Molar Mass: Ammonium sulphate = 132.14 g/mol
    Copper(ii) sulphate pentahydrate = 249.58 g/mol
    Moles:
    n=
    =

    m
    M

    1 g
    ( 132.14 ) g/ mol

    = 0.0075677 mol

    Therefore, by reaction stoichiometry, and the above balanced equation the


    theoretical moles for CuSO4 (NH4)2SO4. 6H2O would be 0.0075677 g/mol
    Molar mass of CuSO4 (NH4)2SO4. 6H2O: 399.84g/mol
    (https://www.americanelements.com, 2016)
    Expected mass:
    m
    n=
    m = n M = 0.0075677 mol 399.84g/ mol
    M

    = 3.03 g

    Percentage Yield
    Mass of actual yield =
    % Yield

    1.52g

    = (mass of actual yield/mass of theoretical yield) x 100


    =(
    1.52g
    /3.02g) x 100
    =
    50.3 %

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    Discussion
    In the experiment the formation of the double salt Ammonium copper (II) sulphate
    hexahydrate was observed after the dissolving of the two reagents the solution took
    on a blue colour due to the formation of Cu+ ions in the solution. The double salt
    formed larger blue crystals than the crystal size of its constituents, a usual
    characteristic of a double salt. The actual yield of this product is just more than half
    of the theoretical yield which can be attributed to errors such as time spent on the
    heat plate, and excess evaporation of the second heating of the filtrate, not enough
    time for crystallisation could also add to lower than theorised yield gained. The
    resulting double salt that has colour range of bright blue to light blue, light blue being
    the second filtration and bright blue the initial filtration.

    Conclusion
    In conclusion the actual yield was above half of the theoretical yield, the crystals in
    the double salt range from light blue to bright blue and the double salt is soluable in
    water.

    References
    https://www.americanelements.com/ammonium-cupric-sulfate-hexahydrate13587-26-3

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