chloric
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of chloric
First recorded in 1800–10; chlor(ine) + -ic
Example Sentences
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Before the Institute scientists can fill an order, they must dig up their mammoth, clean the bones thoroughly, wash them in a solution of chloric acid and water.
From Time Magazine Archive
Croton chloral gives the same reactions, but chloroform, chloric ether, and formic acid do not.
It may be distinguished from chloric acid by the fact that it does not give chlorine peroxide when treated with concentrated sulphuric acid, and that it is not reduced by sulphurous acid.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
HClO3 is chloric acid; HClO2, chlorous; HClO, hypochlorous; HClO4 perchloric.
From An Introduction to Chemical Science by Rufus Phillips Williams
About ten o'clock the cow was cast, with the assistance of R. McClure, V.S., after which she was placed under the influence of chloric ether.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Robert Jennings
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