Water Of Crystallisation (Noun)
Meaning
The water present in hydrated compounds.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Washing soda, also known as sodium carbonate decahydrate, has ten molecules of water of crystallisation.
- In the laboratory, salts are often synthesised with specific amounts of water of crystallisation.
- The empirical formula of copper(II) sulphate pentahydrate indicates that the crystal contains five molecules of water of crystallisation.
- There is a difference between the water of crystallisation and the water absorbed from the atmosphere in the case of calcium chloride.
- Calcium chloride hexahydrate includes six molecules of water of crystallisation in its crystalline structure.