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Definition of Cupric sulfate

1. Noun. A copper salt made by the action of sulfuric acid on copper oxide.

Medical Definition of Cupric sulfate

1. CuSo4-5H2O;it is highly poisonous to algae, is a prompt and active emetic, and is used as an irritant, astringent, and fungicide. Synonym: copper sulfate, copper sulphate. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupric Sulfate

Literary usage of Cupric sulfate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Laboratory Manual: Arranged to Accompany the Second Edition of "A Course in by William McPherson, William Edwards Henderson (1921)
"Try the action of a solution of hydrogen sulfide on cupric sulfate (R); of a solution of ammonium sulfide (R)- Add a drop of ammonium hydroxide to a dilute ..."

2. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"The most dilute solution contained 0.50g. cobalt nitrate hexahydrate and 0.62g. cupric sulfate pentahydrate per liter; the others contained 2, 3, etc., ..."

3. Laboratory Manual: Arranged to Accompany "A Course in General Chemistry" by William McPherson, William Edwards Henderson (1915)
"Try the action of a solution of hydrogen sulfide on cupric sulfate (R); ... Add a drop of ammonium hydroxide to a dilute solution of cupric sulfate (R). ..."

4. Mineral Tolerance of Animals by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"Sources of copper supplemented to animal diets include cupric sulfate, ... Tribasic cupric chloride is similar in bioavailability to cupric sulfate in ..."

5. Lessons in Qualitative and Volumetric Chemical Analysis: For the Use of by Charles O. Curtman, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein (1894)
"If to a dilute solution of cupric sulfate, CuSO4, glucose is added and then NaOH, the pale blue precipitate, first formed, is re- dissolved by arl excess of ..."

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