Lab 5B: Composition of a Copper Sulfate Hydrate Lab

Hydrate before heating:

Hydrate after heating:

Calculations for Questions 1-4

Question 5: The empirical formula we calculated for the hydrate was 1 CuSO₄ · 4 H₂O.  We predict that the coefficient for H2O will be slightly smaller, if not equal to the actual value since our percent error was so small (8.3%).