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Offline FlaskBreaker

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Strange Copper Compound
« on: September 19, 2017, 11:50:10 AM »
Yesterday, I was messing around with some copper sulfate. I was originally plating old screws with copper. Once I got my screws plated, I (for some reason) added some 3% hydrogen peroxide to the CuSO4 solution. After I did this, It went from deep blue to green. I transferred this to a flask and did some tests. It seems to have a neutral PH, and is soluble in water. What could this be? Impurities in my copper sulfate? A copper complex?

I got my copper sulfate at my local hardware store. It is 99.0% pure.

I got my hydrogen peroxide from the pharmacy/first aid section of my local Walmart.

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Re: Strange Copper Compound
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