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When zinc granules are added to copper sulphate solution, the blue coloured solution-turns colourless.
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Zinc which is more reactive than copper, removes copper from copper sulphate solution to form zinc sulphate. Blue colour of the solution fades due to displacement reaction.
`underset("Sulphate")underset("Copper")(CuSO_(4(sq)))+underset("Zinc")(Zn_((s)))rarrunderset("Zinc sulphate")(ZnSO_(4(aq)))+underset("Copper")(Cu_((s)))`
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