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cupferron

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cup⋅fer⋅ron

[kuhp-fuh-ron, kyoop-, koop-]
–noun
a creamy-white crystalline substance, C6H9N3O2, used as a reagent in analytical chemistry for the detection of copper.
Also called copperon.


Origin:
< G (1909) < L cup(rum) copper 1 + fer(rum) iron + G -on -on 1
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