oxychloride

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

ox·y·chlo·ride

[ok-si-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr-]
noun Chemistry.
a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.

Origin:
1855–60; oxy-2 + chloride

ox·y·chlo·ric, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To oxychloride

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Oxychloride is always a great word to know.
So is scavenger. Does it mean:
with all water removed, especially water of crystallization
a chemical that consumes or renders inactive the impurities in a mixture
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT