Question

to make 2% copper sulphate solution the no of grams dissolved in 100ml is

Answer 1

You're dealing with copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate,

CuSO

4

⋅

5

H

2

O

, an ionic compound that contains water of crystallization in its structure.

More specifically, you have five moles of water of crystallization for every one mole of anhydrous copper(II) sulfate. This means that you're going to have to account for the mass of this water of crystallization in your calculations.

Now, you need your target solution to have a molarity of

0.10 M

and a volume of

100. mL

. Since molarity is defined as moles of solute per liter of solution, you can say that the target solution must contain