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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