Explain the following. When concentrated sulphulric acid is added to copper turnings and the mixture heated, a reaction takes places producing a blue solution as...

Explain the following. When concentrated sulphulric acid is added to copper turnings and the mixture heated, a reaction takes places producing a blue solution as one of the products, but when dilute sulphuric acid is added to copper turnings there is no charge even after heating.

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Conc. H₂SO₄ acts as a oxidizing agent, but dil. H₂SO₄ is not instead reaction will proceed for a shorter time and stops due to the formation of an insoluble sulphate which stops further reaction.

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sharon kalunda answered the question on May 16, 2019 at 09:56

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