why when an iron nail is kept in copper sulphate solution , blue colour of the solution fades and iron nail become brownish?
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Iron Nail is Fe and blue copper sulphate is
CuSO . When nail is kept in it, Fe being more
reactive than copper, it displaces copper from
Copper sulphate and forms Ferrous Sulphate
which is greenish blue, and the copper
displaces deposits around nails giving it colour
of reddish brown.
CuSO . When nail is kept in it, Fe being more
reactive than copper, it displaces copper from
Copper sulphate and forms Ferrous Sulphate
which is greenish blue, and the copper
displaces deposits around nails giving it colour
of reddish brown.
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