Spontaneous Redox Reaction

Alicia Meilani Yasmine

XII IPA
Goal
Observing the spontaneous redox reaction

Equipments
 250 ml Beakers (2)

 Alcohol thermometer

 100 ml measuring cylinder

 0,1 M Cooper Sulphate Solution (CuSO4)

 0,1 M Zinc Sulphate Solution (ZnSO4)

 1 Zinc plate
  1 Cooper plate

Steps
1. Prepare two 250 ml beakers, give number 1 and 2 on each beaker.
2. Fill the beaker with 50 ml of 0,1 M Cooper Sulphate solution in the first
beaker and fill the second beaker with 50 ml of 0,1 M Zinc Sulphate solution
with the help of the measuring cylinder.

3. Measure the initial temperature of the Cooper Sulphate solution and Zinc
Sulphate solution
4. Add the Zinc Plate to the Cooper Sulphate solution.

5. Wait for the solution to react, if there’s any reaction from the Zinc plate
write down what kind of reaction that occurs. Wait until the reaction started
to stop reacting.
6. Same as the last beaker, know we add the Cooper Plate to the Zinc Sulphate
and write down the reaction that occurs.

7. So from the experiment that we work on, it can be concluded that the Zinc
Plate and the Cooper Sulphate reaction is included in the Spontaneous
Redox Reaction. Because of the multiply reaction that occurs such as; the
change of color of the Zinc Plate from silver to rusty brown, gas bubble
appearance, the deposition of the Zinc plate, and the dicolorization of the
Cooper Sulphate (if the Zinc Plate is soaked a little bit longer). Zinc

Sulphate and Cooper plate reaction is not a Spontaneous Redox Reaction,

because there is no reaction that can be seen.

(Zinc plate after gut dunk in the CuSO4) (Cooper plate after got dunk in the ZnSO4)