Properties and uses of cuprous oxide
1, Cuprous oxide can be dissolved in hydrochloric acid to generate HCuCl2 (cuprous chloride complex), can also be dissolved in sulfuric acid and nitric acid respectively to form copper sulfate and copper nitrate. 2. Although cuprous oxide is stable in dry air, it will be slowly oxidized in wet air to generate copper oxide, so it can be used as a deoxidizing agent; In addition, it is easy to reduce it to copper with reducing agent. 3, cuprous oxide is insoluble [...]