GENERAL USES

Copper sulphate is very versatile chemical with as extensive a range of uses in industry as it has in agricultural. Its principal employment is in agriculture, and up to a generation or so ago, about its only uses in industry was as a mordant for dyeing and for electroplating. Today it is being employed in many industrial processes.

• Copper sulfate is often used in the preparation of catalysts for several reactions in many industries.
• It is used in purification of gases by removal of hydrogen chloride and hydrogen sulfide.
• Copper sulfate is used as an electrolyte in electroplating and also used in some precipitation reactions.
• It is utilized as an additive in adhesives.
• Copper sulfate serves as a coloring agent for glass, cement and ceramics.
• It is used to keep algal blooms away, especially from the swimming pools and water reservoirs.