Question

When copper turnings and concentrated $HCl$ is heated with copper sulphate the compound formed is.

• A. Cupric chloride
• B. Cuprous chloride
• C. Copper sulphate
• D. $SO_{2}$

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Cuprous chloride

Answer 2

Cuprous chloride.

$Cu(s) + 2HCl + CuSO_{4} \rightarrow \underset{\text{Cuprous chloride}}{2CuCl + H_{2}SO_{4}}$