NASA Ames Research Center. Using data collected by NASA's SOFIA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy and other observatories, an international team of researchers has studied how a particular type of organic molecules, the raw materials for life â could develop in space.
Copper(II) sulfate. Copper(II) sulfate, also known as cupric sulfate, copper sulfate, blue vitriol, or bluestone, is a chemical compound. Its chemical formula is CuSO4. It contains copper in its +2 oxidation state. It also contains sulfate ions. It is a blue solid that can kill fungi.
Sulfuric acid in its pure form is a colorless viscous liquid commonly called oil of vitriol. The chemical formula for sulfuric acid is H 2 SO 4 and it is commercially available as a 96-98% solution or 18M H 2 SO 4. Concentrated sulfuric acid is covalent in nature as the acid is unionized. The atoms in the molecule are covalently bonded to one another. In this form sulfuric acid can be transported in stainless steel tankers. If concentrated sulfuric acid is added to water the reaction is extremely exothermic due to formation of hydrogen ions.