Sentence examples for cuprous from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of or of the nature of copper.
The tin noticeably increased the liquidity of the melt, checked the absorption of oxygen and other gases, and suppressed the formation of cuprous oxide, all features that facilitated the casting operation.
The batteries consist of a magnesium anode and a cathode of silver chloride or cuprous chloride.
If a copper II) compound is incorporated into the zinc sulfide by heating, copper(I) sulfide (or cuprous sulfide, formula Cu2S) will be produced with crystals that will not fit into the host-crystal zinc chloride because their form is so different, and only a relatively few luminescent centres will be possible.
Also, molten copper exposed to atmospheric oxygen contains embrittling cuprous oxide.
On the other hand, if a coactivator such as sodium chloride is introduced along with the copper II) salt, the copper II) ions are reduced to form copper(I) chloride (or cuprous chloride, formula CuCl) crystals with the same structure as the host crystal.
Alternatively, addition of cupric sulfate gives cuprous iodide.
Common red pigments include the minerals iron oxide, cadmium, and cuprous oxide and various synthetic organic pigments.
The soft acids include cuprous, silver, mercurous, and the halogen cations.
