Meaning of cupride | Babel Free

Definitions

A compound that contains copper in a +1 oxidation state.

Equivalents

Examples

“In the cupride of ammonium ( if we may so call the solvent here first spoken of ) we seem to have the solvent of silk which we lately desiderated in our remarks on the insulation of submarine telegraph wires.”

“The crystals shown, the writer believes to be iron cupride, having the formula Fe₂Cu₃.”

“The alloys known are (i) Na-Pd alloy, and Li-Pd alloy; (ii) Cu-Pd alloy–which is ductile and white (20% Pd); perhaps palladium cupride, PdCu, is formed; (iii) Ag-Pd alloy (50% Pd) is harder than silver and softer than iron; (iv) Au-Pd alloys; with 50% gold, the alloy is grey, as hard as bar-iron and less ductile than gold or palladium; […]”

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