antimony oxychloride

noun

Chemistry.

a white, water-insoluble powder, SbOCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of antimony salts.

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Antimony oxychloride, SbOCl3, is formed by addition of the calculated quantity of water to ice-cooled antimony pentachloride, SbCl5 + H2O = SbOCl3 + 2HCl.