ferrous sulphate

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noun

an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO 4Systematic name: iron (II) sulphate Also called: copperas, green vitriol

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Words nearby ferrous sulphate

ferrotype, ferrous, ferrous oxide, ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphate, ferrovanadium, ferrozirconium, ferrugination, ferruginous, ferruginous duck

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How to use ferrous sulphate in a sentence

Or maybe he would just send round The Sulphate Strangler to do the dirty for him.
Dead Cool: Ian Dury|Simon Doonan|April 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
By far the most important of the conjugate sulphates and representative of the group is potassium indoxyl sulphate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Is spring water fit for washing the iodized paper; if it contains either sulphate or bicarbonate of lime or muriate of soda?
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
Sulphate of Magnesia can be obtained at a low cost, and has been used as a manure in some instances with very marked success.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme
Addition of alcohol caused complete precipitation of potassium sulphate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme