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copper acetates

copper acetates is the plural of copper acetate.

Meaning of copper acetate

Noun

copper acetate (plural copper acetates)

  1. A compound with the formula Cu(CH₃COO)₂.
    • The most successful form of shark repellent, according to US Naval Research Laboratory tests, was a combination of copper acetate and a dark nigrosine dye, and cakes of this mixture were apparently now attached to the Mae Wests of all the US Armed Forces.1954, Ian Fleming, “Beau Desert”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 192

Questions about copper acetates

What is copper acetates the plural of?
Copper acetates is the plural of copper acetate.

Words near copper acetates in the dictionary

  1. coppelling
  2. coppels
  3. Coppenhall
  4. copper
  5. copper acetate
  6. copper acetates
  7. Copper Age
  8. copper aspirinate
  9. copper barilla
  10. copper beech
  11. copper beeches

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