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.
Meaning: (H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry. Classified under: Nouns denoting substances. Synonyms: oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid; vitriol.Hypernyms (sulphuric acid is a kind of...): acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt).eronyms (substance of sulphuric acid): atomic number 16; S; sulfur; sulphur (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)).