Island School Chemistry 5c

Reactants Appearance before Observations during reaction Appearance after Physical or chemical
Materials
reacting Cooling /reaction Safety. Goggles.
change?
Copper carbonate Green powder Powder turned
required
black. Appears to Black powder Heat substancesChemical
Solids: Mg, CuCO3, carefully.
boil Take care when adding
Zinc oxide White powder
salol, Cu, CuSO
White powder turns yellow 4,
White powder Physical
sand, Zn, CaCO3. water to hot copper
Solutions: CuSO4, sulphate for spitting. HCl
copper Orange/brown solid Copper turns black Black solid is corrosive. Treat other
Chemical
HCl, AgNO3, KI.
SOLID copper sulphate Blue solid Blue solid turns white. Droplets blue solid solutions as irritants.
Chemical
of condensation on test tube
sides

Sulphur (demo) Yellow solid Melted to an orange liquid Yellow solid physical

M Copper sulphate solution + Clear blue solution and a Blue colour fades producing a Colourless solution and Chemical
I magnesium grey solid clear colourless solution. Grey orange/brown solid.
X solid turns orange/brown. Test
tube becomes warm.
O Calcium carbonate + Clear colourless solution + Bubbles of colorless gas. Test Clear colourless solution Chemical
N hydrochloric acid white solid tube becomes warm
L Dilute lead nitrate + Two clear colourless Immediately goes cloudy. White White precipitate (possible Chemical
Y sodium chloride solutions solutions precipitate formed. a clear colourless liquid)