Copper blue
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Description
An unstandardized name that has been used generically for blue copper compounds as well as specifically for many of the following compounds:
- Azurite: ground mineral of naturally occurring basic copper carbonate
- Blue verditer: and old name for synthetic azurite; which was also called Blue bice
- Blue vitriol: and old name for hydrated copper sulfate
- Bremen blue: synthetic mixture of copper hydroxide and blue basic copper carbonate
- Copper nitrate: made synthetically by treating coper metal or oxide with nitric acid
- Copper Silicate: A name sometimes used for Egyptian blue (calcium copper silicate)
- Copper sulfate: found as mineral (Chalcanthite) or made synthetically
Synonyms and Related Terms
azul de cobre (Esp.); blu di rame (It.); azul de cobre (Port.)