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had a list of types of vitriol that they classified according to the substances' color. Some of the earliest discussions of the origin and properties of vitriol is in the works of the Greek physician
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Many websites state that black vitriol "is a mixture of iron sulfate and iron sulfite", but none give a reference of any sort. The book,
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also discussed its medical use. Metallurgical uses for vitriolic substances were recorded in the Hellenistic alchemical works of
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Sulfuric acid was termed "oil of vitriol" by medieval European alchemists because it was prepared by roasting "green vitriol" (
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These materials were found originally as crystals formed by evaporation of groundwater that percolated through
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O, the six isomorphous metals being interchangeable without altering the general character of the salt."
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O, the six isomorphous metals being interchangeable without altering the general character of the salt.
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in the sense of "harshly condemnatory" is derived from the corrosive nature of this substance.
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Bloxam, Charles Loudon; Bloxam, Arthur G.; Lewis, S. Judd (1913). "Copper, Cu = 63.57".
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Not a sulfate, but can be synthesized from sulfuric acid and ethanol
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minerals and collected in pools on the floors of old
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Organic, with Experiments
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Chemistry, Inorganic & Organic, with Experiments
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Index

Sulfuric acid
chemical
chemical compounds
sulfates
iron
copper
iron(II) sulfate
copper(II) sulfate
sulfide
mines
sulfuric acid
pyrolysis
copper(II) sulfate

iron(II) sulfate

sulfuric acid
acid

cobalt(II) sulfate

diethyl ether
Diethyl ether liquid in a brown-tinted glass bottle
aluminium sulfate

iron(III) sulfate
Ferric sulfate

zinc sulfate

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