Separate a Mixture using Evaporation

Solute: Solid

Solvent: Liquid

AIM: To find out what will happen to the Copper Sulfate which is above the boiling water on the evaporating basin

Hypothesis: The Solute, Copper Sulfate will be filled a quarter of the way on the evaporating basin and put over the beaker which is filled with water and also is heated. I think that the Solute will be dissolved by the heat and turned into a liquid instead of a solid which it was at first and right after the heating, it will stay at a high temperature for a while.

Equipment: Copper Sulfate Solution, 250mL Beaker, heatproof mat, evaporating basin and element  

At the start of the experiment, we saw as the beaker filled with 100mL of cold water and the evaporating bowl on top with a quarter filled with Copper Sulfate put on top of the element. We put the element on 3 and watched as the water(the solvent) bubbled and evaporated then it would heat up the Solvent, the water inside the Copper Sulfate, the Solution. As the water continued to boil, it would evaporate all the water inside the Copper Sulfate making it a Solute.

My hypothesis was incorrect as I did not note that water inside the Copper Sulfate would evaporate, I also got it wrong that the Copper Sulfate would be a Solute instead I said that it would be a Solute.

I Kind of liked doing this experiment as it was mildly alright at understanding how it worked and the science behind it. Observing was easy because there wasn't to much to see happen while it happened.