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cuprous

[ kyoo-pruhs, koo- ]

adjective

  1. containing copper in the univalent state, as cuprous oxide, Cu 2 O.


cuprous

/ ˈːə /

adjective

  1. of or containing copper in the monovalent state
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cuprous

/ ̅̅ə,̅̅- /

  1. Containing copper, especially copper with a valence of 1.
  2. Compare cupric
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of cuprous1

First recorded in 1660–70; cupr- + -ous
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Using thin film deposition techniques, the researchers were able to grow high-quality cuprous oxide films at ambient pressure and room temperature.

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Illuminating a cuprous oxide microcrystal excites its electrons, which join with copper ions to form regular copper atoms.

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Russian physicists were growing tiny crystals of the semiconductor cuprous chloride in silicate glass and observed that the colour of the glass depended on the size of the particles1.

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CUPRITE, a mineral consisting of cuprous oxide, Cu2O, crystallizing in the cubic system, and forming an important ore of copper, of which element cuprite contains 88.8%.

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This cuprous oxide mostly melts and diffuses through the metallic copper, and readily parting with its oxygen to the impurities further facilitates their complete oxidation.

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