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cuprous
adjective as in copperlike
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A solution of cuprous chloride which has absorbed CO gives it up on being treated with potassic bichromate and acid.
"Frankoline," a mixture of cuprous and ferric chlorides dissolved in strong hydrochloric acid absorbed in infusorial earth.
Yellow to brick-red cuprous oxide forms as a heavy precipitate if glucose is present.
It is rapidly absorbed by an ammoniacal or acid (hydrochloric acid) solution of cuprous chloride.
The chemical reaction taking place is the reduction of copper sulphate to cuprous oxide.
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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cuprous, such as: cupreous, and cupriferous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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