Question

What happens when a piece of zinc is added to copper sulphate solution. Balanced chemical equation of reaction

Answer 1

Answer:

Zinc displaces copper from its solution and form zinc sulphate while copper is deposited either on the strip or at the bottom of the solution.

               Zn + CuSO₄ → ZnSO₄ + Cu

             zinc   copper      zinc       copper

                      sulphate    sulphate