[garyscottadamson]

I recently did an experiment as part of my chemistry course at school, and I had to record observations but the whole thing went a bit wrong. I think I burnt the Copper Sulfate... Here's what I was meant to do, could somebody please please please tell me what was meant to happen.

1) 2 Spatchulas of CuSo4 in Crucible
2) Full flame heat for 1 min over bunsen. (apparently their should be a small change, but I accedently burnt the CuSo4, what would this change be?)
3) Take heat from crucible
4) Add 3-4 Spatchulas of water (slightly over saturating)
5) Add heat for 1 min
6) Take heat away for 1 min
7) Repeat until evapouration

What would happen.

Also, i need to knw if this would be a reversible reaction. I'm 90% sure it is but I'm not sure why???

Thanks for yur help

[Borek]

What do you mean by "burnt CuSO₄"?

What happened during the experiment - what changes have you seen?

[DevaDevil]

especially note the color changes you saw

[garyscottadamson]

the CuSo4 began to smoke as if burning, i think the bunsen was to ht. nobody else seemed to have the same problem.

[Borek]

It is CuSO₄, not CuSo4, nor CUSO4 nor cUsO4; the only difference between correct and incorrect formatting that I am going to accept is 4 instead of ₄ 

What color was copper sulfate before you started roasting it? What color it was during/after roasting?