Dalkem Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate Technical Grade
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Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate
Technical Grade
Copper sulphate, blue stone, blue vitriol are all common names for pentahydrated cupric sulphate, CuSO45H2O, which is the best known and the most widely used of the copper salts.
It is often the starting raw material for the production of many of the other copper salts.
The various hydrated forms of copper sulfate include trihydrates, pentahydrates, and heptahydrates.
However, copper sulfate pentahydrate (CuSO4.5H2O) is the most commonly found salt. It is bright blue in color and is known as 'chalcanthite'.
This color of the crystals is due to the presence of water of crystallization, and is the best way to distinguish between the anhydrous and hydrated forms.
Uses
Agriculture
• Copper sulfate pentahydrate is commonly used as a fungicide to control various bacterial and fungal diseases of crops, fruits, and vegetables, such as mildew, leaf spots, blights, and apple scab.
• Mixture of copper sulfate and ammonium carbonate, known as Chestnut compound, is used as a soil sterilizer or in horticulture to prevent seedlings from getting damp.
• It is used in the preparation of Bordeaux mixture, along with lime, which is utilized for leaf application and seed treatment for treating fungal diseases on grapes, melons, and other berries.
• Copper sulfate pentahydrate is used as a molluscicide, to repel and kill slugs and snails.
• It as an algaecide to prevent algal growth.
Chemical Industry
• Copper sulfate is often used in the preparation of catalysts for several reactions in many industries.
• The anhydrous form of this salt catalyzes many processes like the transacylation in organic synthesis.
• It is used in purification of gases by removal of hydrogen chloride and hydrogen sulfide.
• The application of copper sulfate in preparation of dyestuff intermediates and catalyzing the synthesis of diazo compounds and pthalocyanine dyes is very common.
• Copper sulfate is used as an electrolyte in electroplating and also used in some precipitation reactions.
• It is utilized as an additive in adhesives.
• Copper sulfate serves as a coloring agent for glass, cement and ceramics.
Others
• Incorporating this salt in floor cleaning mixtures helps in preventing athlete's foot in tropical countries.
• Copper sulfate is used in the preparation of Paris green, to kill mosquito larvae that cause malaria.
• It is used to keep algal blooms away, especially from the swimming pools and water reservoirs.
• Copper sulfate helps in eradicating snails that harbor the parasite responsible for causing Schistosomiasis in humans.
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