How do I make a small batch of ferrous sulphate?

Question

How do I make a small batch of ferrous sulphate?

Answer 1

I did this experiment in elementary school: Mash some iron (preferably iron filings) and sulfur together using a mortar and pestle, put the stuff in a test tube then heat.

It stank like c**p.

Answer 2

CuSO4 (cupric sulfate) + Fe (steel wool)= FeSO4 (ferrous sulfate) + Cu

By the way, the answerer below was slightly incorrect

take iron filings and mix them with SULFURIC ACID....not sulfur.....sulfur will not give you the oxygen atoms needed to produce ferrous SULFATE.....

:D the second option smells worse though