HOW WAS IT MADE?

You can make copper sulfate by mixing copper(II) hydroxide and sulfuric acid in equimolar amounts:

WHAT CAN IT BE USED FOR?

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES

• Mixed with lime it is called Bordeaux mixture and used to control fungus on grapes, melons, and other berries.
• The mining industry employs it as an activator in the concentration by froth flotation of lead, zinc, cobalt and gold ores.
• The synthetic fibre industry has found an application for it in the production of their raw material.