... states that the mass of the products is equal to the mass of the reactants used (University of Maine, 2001). The synthesis of copper is simply the production of copper metal through several chemical reactions. These reactions can be summed up as the "Copper Cycle" (University of Maine, 2001). The copper cycle is a series of five chemical reactions, not including the removal of zinc, which begins and results with copper metal (University of Maine, 2001). The products (and subsequent reactants) of the copper cycle include copper (ll) nitrate, copper (ll) hydroxide, copper (ll) oxide, copper (ll) sulphate, and copper metal (University of Maine, 2001). The production of each of these reactants is a result of the five chemical reactions, which are further explained in the procedure. During the copper cycle, several different types of chemical reactions occur. One type of chemical reaction that takes place in this cycle ...

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