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copper hydroxide

noun

Definition of copper hydroxide 

: a hydroxide or hydrated oxide of copper specifically : the hydroxide Cu(OH)2 obtained as a blue precipitate by the action of alkali on cupric salt solutions or as blue crystals and used chiefly as a mordant and in preparing cuprammonium solution

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