Making Copper Sulfate From Epsom Salts

Using electrolysis a single replacement reaction can be done allowing copper to replace magnesium. The copper sulfate can be easily purified through recrystallization and can be used in a variety of other chemistry experiments.

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[hairyballbastic]

Subscribed! incredible content and presentation, thank you so much!

[TheMilkDistributor]

Thank you for making this, do you think replacing the clay pot with a finer material such as a custom clay pot mixed with gypsum in the interior layers? I'm curious how i can make this process more efficient in a simple way.

[sercancavus]

i used a plastic container with a small hole instead of a flower pot, would there be any problems

[lucazsy]

Do you think it would work for making copper nitrate from calcium nitrate and copper metal?

[napalmholocaust]

Will a pot serve the same as a filter bag in acid copper plating/ forming? I have issue with them, occasionally something will grow into the bag and I have to cut it.
I know a potter. She could make me unglazed cylinders.

[moote]

I've tried this and works well until I try to recrystallize... I just get a lot if small pale blue/white/clear crystals. Can't tell if its anhydrous CuSO4 or MgSO4. What happens to the magnesium on the anode side?

[michaeltopping]

wil it be ok to use the magnesium hydroxide to relieve indigestion

[alphaindustries]

I keep trying this reaction but the positive electrode keeps giving off this milky blue stuff

[LaniKnowles-kdce]

Why do the Cu2+ ions not also cross the clay porous barrier and form Copper Hydroxide?....Some does as a green precipitate forms, but it does not happen very much.