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