Making salt (2)

Aim-
The aim is to produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid.

Method-
-Add 20ml of sulfuric acid to a 100ml beaker. Heat the acid until it reaches 70°C. Turn off your bunsen burner.
- Once heated, use your spatula to add pea-sized portions of copper oxide to the beaker. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds.
- Repeat step 2 until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool
- Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the filter funnel into the second beaker.
- Make sure the beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should still be hot. You may need your teacher to complete this step.
- Gently swirl the contents of the beaker to mix, and then pour into the filter paper in the funnel. Allow filtering through.
- Rinse the beaker you used to heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod filled with 50-60ml of water.
-Place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker and carefully pour some of the solutions from the beaker into the evaporating basin.
- Gently heat the beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.
-Leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once cool, move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will not be disturbed (i.e. a window-sill) and observe over the next few days. Blue copper sulfate crystals should form.

Equipment-
-100mL beaker x2
- Copper Oxide Powder
-Dilute Sulfuric acid
-50 mL measuring cylinder
-Tripod
-Bunsen Burner
-Filter paper
-Funnel
-Gauze mat
-Thermometer
-Spatula
-Evaporating basin
-Stirring Rod

Here is a photo of what me and my mate Memory have created.