cupride

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English

Etymology

From cupr- +‎ -ide.

Noun

cupride (plural cuprides)

  1. A compound that contains copper in a +1 oxidation state.
    • 1859 July 8, “A Remarkable Solvent”, in The Engineer, volume 8, page 26:
      In the cupride of ammonium ( if we may so call the solvent here first spoken of ) we seem to have the solvent of silk which we lately desiderated in our remarks on the insulation of submarine telegraph wires.
    • 1910 April, S.S. Knight, “Segregation in Steel Castings”, in Foundry, volume 36, number 2, page 77:
      The crystals shown, the writer believes to be iron cupride, having the formula Fe2Cu3.
    • 2013, Prakash Satya, Advanced Chemistry of Rare Elements, page 598:
      The alloys known are (i) Na-Pd alloy, and Li-Pd alloy; (ii) Cu-Pd alloy–which is ductile and white (20% Pd); perhaps palladium cupride, PdCu, is formed; (iii) Ag-Pd alloy (50% Pd) is harder than silver and softer than iron; (iv) Au-Pd alloys; with 50% gold, the alloy is grey, as hard as bar-iron and less ductile than gold or palladium; […]

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