Experiment Procedure (Including Materials)
Collect copper (II) sulfate (at least 8.5 grams), sodium carbonate (at least 8.5
grams), two beakers (50 mL size), one glass or plastic stirrer, and about 50 mL
of water. All of this is needed to make copper carbonate. Make an aqueous
solution in one glass beaker of copper sulfate by mixing the copper sulfate
with enough water that it completely dissolves (aqueous solution shown to
right). Next, make an aqueous solution of the sodium carbonate in a second
beaker by mixing the sodium carbonate with enough water so that it completely
dissolves (aqueous soultion shown to the right). After the two aqueous
solutions have been made, combine them into one beaker. Use the glass/plastic
stirrer to mix the solutions together. Stirring the solutions together will
quicken the reaction. The product should be a precipitate floating at the top
of the mixture (similar to the pictures to the below).
[BALANCED CHEMICAL EQUATION FOR EXPERIMENT IS SHOWN BELOW]