Copper(I) chloride (quite commonly called cuprous chloride), is the lower chloride of copper, with the formula CuCl. It occurs naturally as the mineral nantokite.
Copper Chloride is a brownish-yellow powder. It is used in petroleum, textiles, metallurgy, photography, agricultural products, and as a feed additive and wood preservative. It is also used in light sensitive paper manufacturing, pigments for glass and ceramics, and Acrylonitrile manufacturing.
No carcinogenic potential was attributed to copper, neither in rats nor in humans. Copper did not produce adverse effect on fertility, reproductive parameters or on the development; no neurotoxicity was attributed to copper ingestion, either.
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