What properties of water make it useful as a solvent? What type of compounds can it: (i) dissolve and (ii) hydrolyse?
What are the ways in which water molecules are bound to an anhydrous salt to form a hydrate?
How many hydrogen - bonded water molecule(s) are associated in CuSO4.5H2O?
Only one molecule of water, which is outside the bracket (coordinate sphere), is hydrogen bonded. The other four molecules of water are coordinated.