What is vitriol?

Sulphate is called sulphate salts of bivalentmetals (sulphate crystal hydrate). It has wide application in medicine, industry and agriculture. For example, copper, iron, nickel, zinc, manganese, cobalt and other types of vitriol.

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Kuporos - what is it?

In the 19th century. in Russia, only sulfuric acid was called vitriol, and oleum was called vitreous oil.

Many with copper vitriol for the first time get acquainted withlessons in physics or chemistry. The solution has a deep blue color. From it you can create beautiful diamond-shaped crystals or various compositions of a different shape with the help of a wire. More information on this you can learn from our article How to grow a crystal from vitriol. But the resulting beauty will not last long, the crystals are rapidly destroyed. If you cover them with a clear varnish, you can extend the life span by several weeks.

With copper vitriol well-known and gardeners. It is used for disinfection and control of pests and insects. How to make a solution will tell our article How to plant vitriol. You can buy copper vitriol in any store for gardeners.

What is vitriol in colloquial speech?

This word can be used in oral speech inallegorical sense. For example, vitriol is called an evil, stinging or very stubborn person who does not make concessions. From here to get stuck - stubborn, angry, sarcastic.

Very rarely there is the word "kuporosina", which means evil, sharp words.

During the fast, the peasants ate vitriol soup, which meant lean, thin cabbage soup from one cabbage.