CUPFERRON


Meaning of CUPFERRON in English

/kup"feuh ron', kyoohp"-, koohp"-/ , n.

a creamy-white crystalline substance, C 6 H 9 N 3 O 2 , used as a reagent in analytical chemistry for the detection of copper. Also called copperon .

[ cup ( rum ) COPPER 1 + fer ( rum ) iron + G -on -ON 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .