explain water of crystallization
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The water of crystallization means having a fixed number of molecules present in one formula of a unit of salt. Crystal salts with water of crystallization are known as hydrates. The other names of water crystallization are crystallization water or water of hydration.
The water of crystallization is caused by forming purified crystals from an aqueous solution. These crystals do not include contaminants. These crystals are easily affected by the heat.
Examples of water of crystallization are proteins with more than 50% of the water of crystallization and copper sulfate pentahydrate with five molecules of water of crystallization.
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Water of crystallization is a fixed number of water molecules present in one formula unit of a salt. The water molecules which form part of the structure of a crystal are called water of crystallisation. When hydrated salts are heated strongly, they lose their water of crystallisation.
For example copper sulphate has 5 molecules of water of crystallization. So it's formula is CuSO4.5H2O
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