cupferron

noun

cup·​fer·​ron

ˈkəpfəˌrän,

ˈk(y)üp-

plural -s

: a colorless crystalline salt C₆H₅N(NO)ONH₄ that is a precipitant for copper and iron from solutions and is used also in the analysis of other metals especially of the uranium group : the ammonium salt of N-nitroso-N-phenyl-hydroxylamine

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary cupric + ferric + -on

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