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cuprous

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cuprous /cu·prous/ (ku´prus) pertaining to or containing monovalent copper.
cuprous
pertaining to or containing monovalent copper.


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The tautly stretched and distorted contours suggest that some grotesque life form is about to burst out of its cuprous chrysalis and engulf the scrubbed, trim block of the renovated mess hall.
Under magnification, these altered surfaces do not exhibit the naturally occurring corrosion layers, such as red cuprous oxide and green, basic copper carbonate, that might be expected.
The red coloration observed with cross-polarized light microscopy is consistent with the properties of cuprous oxide [Cu.
 
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