What happen when blue crystals of copper sulphate are heated?

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When blue crystals of $C u S O_{4}$ are heated it turns to white salt as the $5$ water of crystallization that were present is lost.
$C u S O_{4} .5 H_{2} O (B l u e) - \to △ C u S O_{4} (W h i t e)$

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