methyl chloride
a colorless, poisonous gas, CH3Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
Origin of methyl chloride
1- Also called chloromethane.
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How to use methyl chloride in a sentence
In fact, by stronger heating we may drive off all the methyl chloride and get the original Methyl Violet back again.
The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing | Watson SmithThe apparatus is immersed during the electrolysis in a bath of liquid methyl chloride, maintained in tranquil ebullition at -23.
With the vapor of methyl chloride, as pointed out in the description of the electrolysis, violent explosions occur.
There is the fact that methyl chloride could have produced the effect we felt.
The Blue Ghost Mystery | Harold Leland Goodwin"We'll look up methyl chloride in the dictionary," he promised.
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British Dictionary definitions for methyl chloride
a colourless gas with an ether-like odour, used as a refrigerant and anaesthetic. Formula: CH 3 Cl: Systematic name: chloromethane
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