copper sulphate

English

Alternative forms

• copper sulfate

Noun

copper sulphate (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO₄, which forms blue crystals and is used in agriculture, dyeing, electroplating and many other applications; reducing agents reduce it to the red cuprous sulphate

Synonyms

• blue vitriol
• E519 when used as a preservative

Translations

the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO4

• Arabic: سُلْفَات اَلنُّحَاس f pl (sulfāt an-nuḥās)
• Armenian: պղնձարջասպ (hy) (pġnjarǰasp)
• Erzya: сэнькев (seńkev)
• Finnish: kuparisulfaatti
• Greek:

  Ancient: χάλκανθον n (khálkanthon)

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• Maori: [[konukura pākawapungatara#Maori|konukura pākawapungatara]]
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kobbersulfat n

  Nynorsk: koparsulfat n

• Russian: сульфа́т ме́ди m (sulʹfát médi), ме́дный купоро́с m (médnyj kuporós)

See also

• Benedict's reagent
• Bordeaux mixture
• Fehling's solution