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| | Copper sulfate electrolysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Other equipment needed: one 10 mL conical flask, a few centimetres of clean copper wire approx 1 mm diameter, concentrated copper sulfate solution (at least 1M), cotton wool, source of low-voltage DC current, with potentiometer to regulate cell voltage, electric leads, voltmeter (or multimeter) to monitor cell voltage. |
 | | A piece of clean copper wire, about 1mm in diameter, is cut and bent so that it hooks over the rim of a 10 mL conical flask with the lower end of the wire a few millimetres above the bottom of the flask; this will be the cathode. |
 | | The mass of the whole assembly: flask, solution, two electrodes, and cotton wool is then recorded to the nearest millligram. |
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