What is meant by water of crystallization of a substance


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What is meant by water of crystallisation in a substance? How would you show that blue copper sulphate crustals contain water of crystallisation?

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 Water of crystallization is the fixed number of water molecules present in one formula unit of a salt.

When we heat copper sulphate in china dish, the blue coloured crystals changes into a white powder due to the removal of 5 molecules of water of crystallization.

CuSO _{4} . 5H_{2}O=CuSO_{4}+5H_{2}O

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