Question

what happens if you place zinc metal in acopper sulphate solution

Answer 1

The formation of zinc sulphate and copper will occur and the colour change in the solution from blue to colourless will occur .
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Answer 2

Zinc is more reactive than copper hence it will displace copper from its compound of copper sulphate to form zinc sulphate. (It is also an example of displacement reaction)

Zn+ CuSO4 => Cu + ZnSO4