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cuprous

[kyoo-pruhs, koo-] / ˈkju prəs, ˈku- /
ADJECTIVE
copperlike
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"Like other oxide semiconductors, cuprous oxide has its intrinsic challenges," said co-first author Dr Linfeng Pan from Cambridge's Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

Using thin film deposition techniques, the researchers were able to grow high-quality cuprous oxide films at ambient pressure and room temperature.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

Tests of a cuprous oxide photocathode made using this technique showed an increase in performance of more than 70% over existing state-of-the-art electrodeposited oxide photocathodes.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024

But somehow their lives, loves and labors leave the cuprous taste of pennies in their mouths; the middle-income bracket is their social vise.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alkaline copper solutions yield a precipitate of red cuprous oxide; ammoniacal silver solutions give silver mirrors; alkaline solutions of mercury salts are reduced to metallic mercury, etc.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher


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