pentahydrate

Crystal with five

A pentahydrate is a chemical compound that incorporates five water molecules into its crystal structure.

The term appears most often in chemistry when describing salts: copper sulfate pentahydrate forms the familiar blue crystals used in chemistry demonstrations, while anhydrous copper sulfate is white powder.

The label specified sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate.

minerals

borax

Sodium borate compound

evaporite

chemistry

copper sulfate

Blue crystalline metallic salt

bonding · lattice · aqueous · solvation · chelate · ligand · complex · water molecule · crystallization · molar mass

laboratory

reagent

Substance prompting chemical change

hygroscopic · efflorescence · deliquescent · powder · granular · recrystallization · purification · titration · synthesis · analytical

crystals

prismatic

Light-dispersing, multicolored

crystal structure · crystalline · geometric · symmetry · habit · cleavage · transparency · luster · refractive · crystal growth

Opposites
hydration state

pentahydrateanhydrous

Containing no water

anhydrate · dehydrated · dihydrate · water-free · desiccated

Family

dehydrated, dehydration, hydrate, pentagon, hydration, hydrogen, anhydrous, hydrology, hydrous

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