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Offline jsaroya

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Why were iron filings used in this lab
« on: May 09, 2010, 11:02:30 AM »
The lab question is asking "Why did we use iron in the form of filings?"
Any ideas??

They were put into some CuSO4 solution (CuSO4 + Fe --> FeSO4 + Cu)
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Re: Why were iron filings used in this lab
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2010, 12:00:35 PM »
What have you seen happening in the solution?
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