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copper sulphate

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copper sulphate
a copper salt found naturally as chalcanthite and made by the action of sulphuric acid on copper oxide. It usually exists as blue crystals of the pentahydrate that form a white anhydrous powder when heated: used as a mordant, in electroplating, and in plant sprays. Formula: CuSO4


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Then after draining the excess water from the paper, cloth, rice, straw and copper sulphate are mixed to form a pulp, which is placed in moulds and left to dry for 2-3 days.
Wise growers worked fast to treat their vines with both copper sulphate and sulphur sprays and nipped the problem in the bud.
Hiorns, 34, filled the sealed South London flat with 90,000 litres of diluted copper sulphate and allowed crystals to form over a year.
 
 
 
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