HCA: Hermit Crab Association

i read commercial brand food ingredients and one says copper sulfate other says copper sulphate. r they the same thing.

The difference is a space between the words. Copper Sulfate is an ionic compound with a chemical formula of Copper, Sulfer, and four Oxygens (CuSO4). Yes I'm doing Chemistry in science.

Copper Sulfate and Copper Sulphate are the same thing. The difference is in the spelling, and that's because it depends on the area of the world you are in.

Copper Sulfate is the more common spelling.

Copper Sulphate is used primarily among the Commonwealth Nations (United Kingdom, Canada, etc.)

Many US English words have different spellings in other countries, or may have the same word (by spelling) but different meanings.

For instance, United States "Soccer" is a game containing a ball with black and white hexagonal shapes, but "Soccer" in England means the sport with the brown pig-skin ball that gets thrown around.

But back on topic, here's the link to the info I got on Copper Sulfate/Sulphate:




http://www.answers.com/topic/copper-ii-sulfate

Lady WolfStorm wrote:For instance, United States "Soccer" is a game containing a ball with black and white hexagonal shapes, but "Soccer" in England means the sport with the brown pig-skin ball that gets thrown around.

I think you're confused about football. In the U.S., "Football" is "the sport with the brown pig-skin ball that gets thrown around", in England (and everywhere else), what they call "Football" is "a game containing a ball with black and white hexagonal shapes"---what Americans call "Soccer". The game in England involving a brown pigskin ball is called "Rugby". Nobody except Americans have any sport called "Soccer".

But otherwise, I agree: copper sulphate and copper sulfate are the same thing, it's just a matter of spelling.

Heh heh, us Canadians also have soccer
We also have an unfortunate habit of sticking the letter "u" in random words, like moult or gauge. My dad's spells like an American, and my mom like a Canadian, so I tend to use one version or the other if I'm not paying attention :roll:

ill stay away from both of them.