Question

By giving example define the following terms: Hydrated substance

Answer 1

• Hydrated substances is any compound containing water in the form of H₂O molecules, usually, but not always, with a definite content of water by weight.
• The best-known hydrates are crystalline solids that lose their fundamental structures upon removal of the bound water.
• For example: Glauber's salt (${\mathrm{Na}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4$), Blue vitriol (${\mathrm{CuSO}}_4.5{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$)