Just got a new '11 GTI and trying to teach my GF a stick shift â on the hills of SF. She's been stalling the car quite a lot.
Answers. Best Answer: Copper Nitrate forms blue crystals which dissolve in water. Transition metal salts often form colored crystals. Since the other reaction product is metallic silver precipitate, and everyone knows what silver looks like, the blue is from the copper nitrate by process of elimination.The original solution was not blue because silver nitrate is colorless/slight gray when in solution and Cu(s) is just copper metal.ince the other reaction product is metallic silver precipitate, and everyone knows what silver looks like, the blue is from the copper nitrate by process of elimination.
While not a common problem in California, the presence of copper and iron in pool water can lead to damage or discoloration of the pool surface, and corrosion of metal components in direct contact with the pool water.