copper sulphate color when HCl is added

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Kate,
The first thing that you need to know is what form is the copper sulphate in? If you go to a good chemical reference book, you will find that there are several. There are very strong odds that it is the hydrated form which is what nearly everyone means when they say copper sulphate. Next, is it in crystalline form or a saturated solution? Do your chemistry formula: on the input side, put copper + sulphate + H + chloride = ? + ?, etc.

Now you will need a good chemistry book to see if there is any reaction. You will definitely have a mixture solution form, but are any new products formed? Some good internet work or some great library work will give you colors when you add it to water. Here you need to consider what the strongest color will be and if there is any shading of the colors as they mix.
My bet is that this is high school and there the answer is normally the simplest one.
Please come back with what you find.

When anhydrous copper sulphate is added to water it becomes blue. Anhydrous copper sulphate also becomes blue when added to HCl, why? Because of the H ions?

hahaha, someone doesn't want to do their 123.103 module 8 experiment lol lol.........