an ion of copper oxide used (in solution) in the manufacture of rayon and other man-made fibres
cuprammonium in American English
(ˌkjuːprəˈmouniəm, -ˈmounjəm, ˌkuː-)
noun
Chemistry
any cation containing copper and ammonia
Word origin
[1860–65; cupr- + ammonium]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: institutionalism, jumping jack, metric system, monism, raider
Examples of 'cuprammonium' in a sentence
cuprammonium
The aim of this study was to produce membranes using the adapted cuprammonium method.
Edmar Eustáquio de Souza, Rayane da Silva Vale, Júlia Graciele Vieira, Sabrina DiasRibeiro, Guimes Rodrigues Filho, Fabiana Aparecida Marques, Rosana Maria Nascimentode Assunção, Carla da Silva Meireles, Hernane da Silva Barud 2015, 'PREPARAÇÃO E CARACTERIZAÇÃO DE MEMBRANAS DE CELULOSE REGENERADA A PARTIR DA CELULOSEEXTRAÍDA DE RESÍDUOS AGROINDUSTRIAIS PARA APLICAÇÃO EM PROCESSOS DE SEPARAÇÃO', Química Novahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422015000200202&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)