copper sulphate

copper sulphate
the common name for cupric sulphate, CuSO, which forms blue crystals and is used in agriculture, dyeing, electroplating and many other applications; reducing agents reduce it to the red cuprous sulphate
Syn: blue vitriol, E519, preservative

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