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At 18:45 +0100 2003-05-28, ngo@globalnet.co.uk wrote:
>In n2586.pdf I notice the following phrase.
>
>"ferrous iron sulphate"
>
>This appears to be a tautology.
>
>The metal iron when in metal salts can sometimes be ferrous
>(tendency to pale green colour) or ferric (tendency to brown colour).
>
>There is a salt named ferrous sulphate. The word ferrous implies
>that it must be iron, yet gives more information about the
>chemistry. So, given the use of the word ferrous one would not use
>the word iron.

The Swedish is "ferrohydrosulfat", so my use of "iron" is an error on
my part. Ferrous hydrosulphate, I guess it is.

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