Question

what happens when white vitriol is heated upto 800°C?​

Answer 1

White vitriol changes to zinc oxide and release Sulphur dioxide gas when heated.

Answer 2

White vitriol changes to zinc oxide and releases Sulfur dioxide gas when heated.

What is white vitriol?

• Zinc sulphate, which is otherwise called white vitriol is a translucent strong solvent in water.
• Due to its high edge of boiling over, it is a non-burnable compound.
• At the point when zinc sulfate is firmly warmed in abundance of air, it structures zinc oxide and Sulfur dioxide gas.

Heating of white vitriol:

• The anhydrous zinc Sulfate on warming above decays shaping $ZnO$.
• $ZnSO_{4}$ arrangement emits white ppt of $Zn(OH)_{2}$ with $NaOH$ which breaks down on addition in overabundance.
• It is utilized as stringent in biting the dust.

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