Ycp Chemistry Copper Recovery

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Reduction and Recovery of Copper Name Here March 18, 2015 Purpose: The goal of this experiment was to use redox chemistry to obtain a sample of copper from a copper (II) sulfate solution. This was accomplished by adding zinc to the copper (II) sulfate solution so that the zinc bonds to the sulfate and leaves copper. Method: To obtain copper from a copper (II) sulfate solution, the copper needs to go through reduction; this means another element has to go through oxidation. For this experiment, zinc was the element going through oxidation. First, we had to calculate how many grams of copper (II) sulfate we needed to form 100 mL of a 0.200 M solution of copper (II) sulfate. We determined that we needed to use 4.994g of copper (II) sulfate to make the solution. We added distilled water to the 4.994g of copper (II) sulfate in a beaker until it reached 100 mL. Then we put the beaker on a hot plate and added a magnetic stirrer. We determined that the mass of zinc necessary to completely react with the copper (II) ions in the solution was 1.308g. We added an excess of 0.050 to make sure the copper completely reacted. 1.358g of zinc was then added to the solution. The solution with the zinc was heated and stirred until it was colorless, showing that the reaction was done. Hydrochloric acid was then added to the solution until the bubbles stopped in order to completely get rid of all of the zinc. Next, we used vacuum filtration to filter the copper out of the solution. We drizzled alcohol and acetone over the copper to help it dry faster. Once it appeared dry, we weighed the copper and filter paper. When we subtracted the mass of the filter paper, the mass came out to 1.312g. Data: Mass of copper (II) sulfate used | 4.994g | Mass of zinc used | 1.358g | Mass filter paper | 0.340g | Mass of filter paper and copper | 1.652g | Calculations:

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