In a lab, we put plastic into copper sulfate solution. Why was there no reaction?Please include your resourcesPLEASE HELP!!
it usually ends up killing a fish or two, why?
Why would there be a reaction? For any two things to react, they must first come into contact. Here the only contact would be at the surface which is a relatively small part of the material. The solution was likely water and water will not transport anything into the interior of the plastic. Next, is there any reason they should react. The low polarity bonds in the plastic are not going to dissociate just on a whim.
