- Copper is widely used in its elemental metallic form, in metal alloys, and in the form of copper salts. Each form of copper has different physical properties, resulting in different toxicities.
- Copper salts such as copper sulfate, copper oxide (Cu II oxide), copper chloride, Cuprous oxide (Cu I oxide), copper nitrate, copper cyanide, and copper acetate are used as pesticides and algaecides and in a variety of industrial processes.
- Copper is an essential trace element found in the human body in an oxidized (Cu II) and reduced (Cu I) form. If only one atom . . .
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