硫酸铜

硫酸銅

liúsuāntóng

noun

Meanings

1 copper sulfate (CuSO4); blue vitriol

Characters

Examples

硫酸铜的水溶液是蓝色的。

Liúsuāntóng de shuǐ róngyè shì lánsè de.

An aqueous solution of copper sulfate is blue.

农业上用硫酸铜防治植物病害。

Nóngyè shàng yòng liúsuāntóng fángzhì zhíwù bìnghài.

Copper sulfate is used in agriculture to control plant diseases.

Tips

memory

Read the formula CuSO4 right-to-left in Chinese: 铜 (Cu, copper) + 硫酸 (sulfate). Many Chinese chemical names follow this 'salt of metal' pattern: 硫酸钠 sodium sulfate, 硫酸铁 iron sulfate.

Stroke Order

硫 liú

酸 suān

铜 tóng