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.