Question

The compound zinc sulfate is a strong electrolyte. write the reaction when solid zinc sulfate is put into water:

Answer 1

zinc sulfate solid is ZnSO4(s)

The product is the ionization of the strong electrolyte:

                   H2O
ZnSO4 (s)  --------> Zn(2+)  (aq) + SO4(2-) (aq)

The sates are:

 s = solid
 aq = aqueous

This is each molecule of solid ZnSO4 will produce one cation Zn(2+) and one anion SO4(2-) in aqueous solution.