 Quote by Borek
This is not trivial.
First of all, copper sulfate is usually a pentahydrate, so it contains enough water and then some:
2CuSO4.5H2O -> 2Cu + 2H2SO4 + O2 + 8H2O
The only problematic situation is when you add anhydrous copper sulfate to some solvent other than water - then the problem is not whether there is enough water, but whether the sulfate is soluble at all (and it won't electrolyze as long as it is not dissolved).
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Hi Borek! I don't quite understand what you are trying to say in your post cos I'm not very advanced in chemistry yet, but I'm guessing there will always be enough water in this case? But what about other electrolytes, will they also have have enough water?
Lastly, on Wikipedia they say that a aquo complex is formed when it is dissolved into water, but at my level is it good enough that I assume that it just forms Cu2+ and SO4 2- + 5H2O?
Thanks for the help!
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