copper sulfate

English

Crystals of CuSO₄·5H₂O

Alternative forms

• copper sulphate

Noun

copper sulfate (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• cupric sulfate
• 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) Chinese: Mandarin: 硫酸銅／硫酸铜 (zh) (liúsuāntóng) Erzya: сэнькев (seńkev) Finnish: kuparisulfaatti Greek: Ancient: χάλκανθον n (khálkanthon) Korean: 황산제이구리(黃酸第二구리) (hwangsanjeiguri) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ژەنگاڵ (jengall) Macedonian: модар камен m (modar kamen) Malayalam: തുരിശ് (ml) (turiśŭ) Maori: konukura pākawapungatara Norwegian: Bokmål: kobbersulfat n Nynorsk: koparsulfat n Romanian: sulfat de cupru (ro) m Russian: сульфа́т ме́ди m (sulʹfát médi), ме́дный купоро́с (ru) m (médnyj kuporós) Thai: Central Thai: จุนสี (jun-sǐi), จุณสี (jun-sǐi) (dated) Isan: หินเขียว (hǐn-kǐao)

See also

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