Explain the following. When concentrated sulphulric acid is added to copper turnings and the mixture heated, a reaction takes places producing a blue solution as...

      

Explain the following. When concentrated sulphulric acid is added to copper turnings and the mixture heated, a reaction takes places producing a blue solution as one of the products, but when dilute sulphuric acid is added to copper turnings there is no charge even after heating.

  

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sharon
Conc. H2SO4 acts as a oxidizing agent, but dil. H2SO4 is not instead reaction will proceed for a shorter time and stops due to the formation of an insoluble sulphate which stops further reaction.
sharon kalunda answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 09:56


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