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Offline lamhfhenry

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What's the colour of aqueous CuCl?
« on: December 03, 2008, 09:25:50 PM »
As toic, thanks !!

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Re: What's the colour of aqueous CuCl?
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2008, 12:38:36 AM »
Pretty sure it's blue.

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Re: What's the colour of aqueous CuCl?
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2008, 12:40:55 AM »
Pretty sure it's blue.

But it is Cu(I) ion

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Re: What's the colour of aqueous CuCl?
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2008, 01:16:02 AM »
AWK

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Re: What's the colour of aqueous CuCl?
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2008, 01:21:58 AM »
Ah yes, sorry.  On a side note

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Although only poorly soluble in water, its aqueous solution are unstable with respect to disproportionation into Cu and CuCl2.[2] In part for this reason samples assume a green coloration (see photograph in upper right).

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