how to make copper hydroxide (electrolysis methode)

in this episode i show you how to make copper hydroxide

the process is brutally simple, prepare a saturated solution of magnesium sulfate and add it to a large glass container. apply 9-10v dc to the solution through copper electrodes. filter the solution and collect the solid copper hydroxide

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Copper
• hydroxide
• magnesium
• sulfate
• sulphate
• copper
• jar
• electrolysis
• lab
• chemistry
• awesome
• blue

[koolness73]

ps where di you get the copper electrodes?

[TheChemlife]

@koolness73 they're just to plates of copper i got off a construction site

[koolness73]

and also with the electroylsis do you just plug it into the houses electricy

[TheChemlife]

@koolness73 ya

[koolness73]

wouldnt this achieve two different chemicals just magnesium and sulphur chemlife?

[TheChemlife]

@koolness73 no. it doesnt' work like that

[diegonikki]

u actually can use any electrolyte even sodium bicarbonate or sodium chloride for this

[demnlordd666]

ok so after some research it is highly suggested but not confirmed by me yet, that electrolyzing a dilute solution of baking soda ( sodium bicarbonate ) with copper electrodes is better than epsome salt, because with MgSO4 it is hard to filter out unless you have a vacume pump. & if you try to boil you will find that a sat sol of MgSO4 has large forcefull bubbles and when done the Cu(OH)2 is full of MgSO4, but with bakingsoda verry little is left in and it is easier to boil off.

[demnlordd666]

by the way i had way better luck squeezing the water out of it rather than any kind of gravity filter. left it for hours and barely any water passed through. so I decanted the liquid off the top and pour the concentrate into a paper towell like a funnell. then I folded the top closed and squeeze the water out. you can dry a large batch to a blue paste quick like this. u still have to finish dry it and powder it but at least it is managable as a paste. thanks for the vid worked great

[funguyround]

what can copper hydroxide bused for?

[maxxorid1]

can u do a remake of sodium hydroxide

[thegodofchemistry]

what will happen if i use sodium chloride

[aten747]

Will this work using salt (NaCl) rather than magnesium sulfate? And what us CuOH used for?

[99Chemicals]

I thought that with a MgSO4 elctrolite it will make copper sulfate and magnesium hydroxide which is insoulble

Cu + MgSO4 + 2 H2O → H2 + CuSO4 + Mg(OH)2

Thx