Question

for the final step of the copper cycle, zinc, Zn(s), is added to copper sulfate, CuSO4(aq). Elemental copper appears as a solid. Explain what you think happens to the elemental zinc.

Answer 1

Elemental zinc displaces the copper

Explanation:

In this reaction the zinc added to the copper sulfate solution has displaced the copper in the compound.

This is a single displacement reaction.

                      Zn + CuSO₄     →   ZnSO₄    +  Cu

This is the reaction of the recycling process.

The reaction is driving by the positions of the elements in the reactivity series of metal.

• In a single displacement reaction, an atom higher up in the activity series displaces another that is lower.
• Zinc is higher that copper in the activity series and it reacts with the sulfate.
• It will then push the copper out as the solid product in the solution.
• Elements higher up in the series are more reactive

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