oxychloride

[ ok-si-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]

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noun

, Chemistry.

a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.

First recorded in 1855–60; oxy- ² + chloride

In pharmacy, as a source of both oxychloride and oxide of antimony.

The oxyfluoride, CrO2F2, is obtained in a similar manner to the oxychloride by using fluorspar in place of common salt.

The oxychloride comes down as an amorphous white precipitate.

The excess of oxychloride is removed by distillation under reduced pressure and the residue washed with dilute hydrochloric acid.

Prof. Maisch believes it to be a very basic oxychloride of iron.

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