Looks like I was wrong. Dang, forgot more chemistry than most folks
probably ever knew :)
Adam Seychell wrote:
> Dale J. Chatham wrote:
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>> My guess is that you have CuCl as the blue sludge. I suppose it could
>> be CuOH, but you'd have to convince yourself that Cu would rather bond
>> with OH. A smell of chlorine when you are reacting would be a clue, or
>> bubbles and a yellow gas.
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> CuCl is copper(I) chloride, a white insoluble and unstable solid.
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> Or you have to convince yourself that sodium ion prefers chloride,
> therefore leaving copper ion nothing else but to except the hydroxide.
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> If the solid is a bright pale blue with clear liquid then you can be
> sure its copper hydroxide.
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