Chemistry Comes Alive! C C Alive! Table of Contents Index Textbooks

Aqueous Reactions: Copper(II) Nitrate

Barium Chloride with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 7.9 seconds, size 477 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to barium chloride (BaCl2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Barium Chloride

Play Movie (duration 7.5 seconds, size 411 K)

Here, barium chloride (BaCl2) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Cobalt(II) Chloride with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 6.5 seconds, size 384 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to cobalt(II) chloride (CoCl2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Cobalt(II) Chloride

Play Movie (duration 7.5 seconds, size 434 K)

Here, cobalt(II) chloride (CoCl2) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Copper(II) Sulfate

Play Movie (duration 7 seconds, size 395 K)

Here, copper(II) sulfate (CuSO4) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Sulfate with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 7 seconds, size 404 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to copper(II) sulfate (CuSO4). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sulfuric Acid

Play Movie (duration 14.3 seconds, size 830 K)

Here, sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Sulfuric Acid with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 6.5 seconds, size 382 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to sulfuric acid (H2SO4). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Hydrochloric Acid

Play Movie (duration 8 seconds, size 460 K)

Here, hydrochloric acid (HCl) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Hydrochloric Acid with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 6 seconds, size 352 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to hydrochloric acid (HCl). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Sulfide

Play Movie (duration 8 seconds, size 463 K)

Here, sodium sulfide (Na2S) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is a dark brown precipitate.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Bromide

Play Movie (duration 7 seconds, size 386 K)

Here, sodium bromide (NaBr) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Chloride

Play Movie (duration 9 seconds, size 512 K)

Here, sodium chloride (NaCl) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Sodium Chloride with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 7.5 seconds, size 444 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to sodium chloride (NaCl). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Carbonate

Play Movie (duration 9 seconds, size 516 K)

Here, sodium carbonate (Na2CO3) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is a blue precipitate.
Show Stills

Sodium Carbonate with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 9.8 seconds, size 555 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to sodium carbonate (Na2CO3). The result is a pale blue precipitate.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Iodide

Play Movie (duration 9 seconds, size 522 K)

Here, sodium iodide (NaI) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is a redox reaction where Cu2+ oxidizes I- to I2 resulting in a yellow precipitate of copper(I) iodide and red iodine solution.
2Cu2+(aq) + 4I-(aq) --> I2(aq) + 2CuI(s).
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Hydroxide

Play Movie (duration 9 seconds, size 516 K)

Here, sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is a blue precipitate.
Show Stills

Sodium Hydroxide with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 8 seconds, size 462 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The result is a blue precipitate.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Sodium Sulfate

Play Movie (duration 8.5 seconds, size 471 K)

Here, sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is no visible reaction.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Ammonia

Play Movie (duration 22.7 seconds, size 1.1 MB)

Here, ammonia (NH3) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is a pale blue precipitate, which is Cu(OH)2(s). The dark blue color is due to Cu(NH3)4 2+
This is an ancillary version.
Show Stills

Copper(II) Nitrate with Ammonia

Play Movie (duration 15.6 seconds, size 841 K)

Here, ammonia (NH3) is added to copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2). The result is a pale blue precipitate, which is Cu(OH)2(s). The dark blue color is due to Cu(NH3)4 2+ .
Show Stills

Ammonia with Copper(II) Nitrate

Play Movie (duration 9.1 seconds, size 504 K)

Here, copper(II) nitrate (Cu(NO3)2) is added to ammonia (NH3). The result is a pale blue precipitate, which is Cu(OH)2(s). The dark blue color is due to Cu(NH3)4 2+ .
Show Stills

Next compound

| Chemistry Lab Comes Alive! (entry page) | Table of Contents | Index |

© 2000 Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.