Copper oxide
Appearance
Copper oxide is a compound from the two elements copper and oxygen.
Copper oxide may refer to:
- Copper(I) oxide (cuprous oxide, Cu2O)
- Copper(II) oxide (cupric oxide, CuO)
- Copper peroxide (CuO2)
- Copper(III) oxide (Cu2O3) does not exist although Cu(III) is a component of cuprate superconductors
- Copper(IV) oxide (CuO2) has been proposed to exist in the gas phase[1]
References
- ^ Bondybey, V. E.; English, J. H. (1984). "Structure of copper oxide (CuO2) and its photochemistry in rare gas matrixes". J. Phys. Chem. 88 (11): 2247–2250. doi:10.1021/j150655a014.