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Copper vitriol

Old designation for copper sulphate; see there.

A copper-sulphur compound (old name is copper vitriol), which presents itself as a powder of transparent blue crystals; without water content this is a white powder. It is used - often in combination with copper citrate and silver chloride - to remove the wine faults of Böckser and Käseln (since the substance is undesirable in wine, it is subsequently...

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