Summary
A piece of zinc is placed in a copper sulfate solution.
Chemicals and Solutions
- Piece of zinc foil
- 0.5 or 1M copper sulfate
Materials
Beaker
Procedure
Hint: Metals can be cut into interesting shapes, and the demo done on the overhead.
Discussion
Copper is plated out simply by placing the zinc in the copper sulfate solution.
\( \ce{ Zn_{(s)} + CuSO4_{(aq)} -> Cu_{(s)} + ZnSO4_{(aq)} } \)