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Offline elli

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Stock solution for copper
« on: November 24, 2021, 12:09:59 PM »
How many grams of copper sulfate pentahydrate is required to have a 50 mg/L concentration of copper?

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Re: Stock solution for copper
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2021, 12:41:00 PM »
This will depend on how much stock solution you need. Any formulas you know that might help?

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Re: Stock solution for copper
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2021, 01:02:05 PM »
Some data from WIKI that might aid in the discussion

Copper(II) sulfate
Chemical formula
CuSO4 (anhydrous)
CuSO4ยท5H2O (pentahydrate)
Molar mass
159.60 g/mol (anhydrous)
249.685 g/mol (pentahydrate)

Copper
Standard atomic weight
63.546
Atomic number 
29

Sulfurl
Standard atomic weight conventional
32.06
Atomic number
16

Oxygen
Standard atomic weight conventional
15.999
Atomic number
8

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