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ferrous sulphate

noun

  1. 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 4 Systematic nameiron (II) sulphate Also calledcopperasgreen vitriol
“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


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Tea and coffee were adulterated with sand, chicory, and spent grounds treated in ferrous sulphate and sheep’s dung.

Faraday compared the intensity of its action with that of ferrous sulphate, and this led to an explanation of the diurnal variations of the compass-needle based on the sun's heat diminishing the magnetic permeability of the oxygen of the air.

From this last term comes the modern melanterite, native hydrous ferrous sulphate.

The specific gravity of gold obtained by precipitation from solution by ferrous sulphate is from 19.55 to 20.72.

The precipitants in use are: ferrous sulphate, charcoal and sulphuretted hydrogen, either alone or mixed with sulphur dioxide; the use of copper and iron sulphides has been suggested, but apparently these substances have achieved no success.

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