Nomenclature
CAS number: 39290-85-2
Description and references
A material of indefinite composition prepd
by the reaction of a borax soln with CuSO4: Barnard, Jr.
in ACS Monograph Series no.
122, entitled “Copper,” A. Butts, Ed. (Reinhold, New York,
1954) p 794.
Properties
Blue to blue-green solid. Extremely hard material.Caution
Symptoms of acute toxicity include
vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, convulsions, shock, dermatitis; renal,
hepatic and CNS degeneration. Symptoms of chronic ingestion include
skin disorders, kidney lesions.Use
As ceramic color, pigment in oil paint; in dehydrogenation
catalysis; as insulating and sealing medium for lead wires in lamps
and mercury rectifiers, as fireproofing agent and preservative for
wood; as fungicide, insecticide, parasiticide.