Zinc sulphate forms a colourless solution in water. Will you
observe any colour on adding copper turnings to it?

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Zinc is more reactive than copper. So, it cannot be displaced by copper from its salt solution.

Thus, there will be no colour change when copper turnings are added into a zinc sulphate solution.

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Q. Zinc sulphate forms a colourless solution in water. Colour on adding copper is :

Zinc granules were added to zinc sulphate, copper sulphate, aluminium sulphate and iron sulphate solutions as shown below. You would observe the deposition of metal on zinc in beakers:

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Zinc sulphate forms a colourless solution in water. Will you observe any colour on adding copper turnings to it?

Zinc is more reactive than copper. So, it cannot be displaced by copper from its salt solution. Thus, there will be no colour change when copper turnings are added into a zinc sulphate solution.

Zinc sulphate forms a colourless solution in water. Will you
observe any colour on adding copper turnings to it?

Zinc is more reactive than copper. So, it cannot be displaced by copper from its salt solution.

Thus, there will be no colour change when copper turnings are added into a zinc sulphate solution.