chloric

American  

[klawr-ik, klohr-] / ˈklɔr ɪk, ˈkloʊr- /

adjective

1. of or containing chlorine in the pentavalent state.

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chloric British  

/ ˈklɔːrɪk /

adjective

1. of or containing chlorine in the pentavalent state

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Other Word Forms

• prechloric adjective

Etymology

Origin of chloric

First recorded in 1800–10; chlor(ine) + -ic

Example Sentences

Croton chloral gives the same reactions, but chloroform, chloric ether, and formic acid do not.

From Project Gutenberg

An acid might therefore be a compound of hydrogen with one other element—such were hydrochloric, hydriodic, hydrofluoric acids—or it might be a compound of hydrogen with two or more elements, of which one might or might not be oxygen—such were hydrocyanic acid and chloric or nitric acid.

From Project Gutenberg

Hygroscopic water 3.73 Volatile constituents 45.49 Coke Fixed carbon 48.20 Ash Silica 12 Aluminic 2.46 Ferric, calcic Magnesic Chloric Sulphuric acids, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

Chlōrot′ic, pertaining to chlorosis; Chlō′rous, full of chlorine.—Chloric acid, a syrupy liquid, with faint chlorine colour and acid reaction.

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If nitre and potassium chlorate, with other salts of nitric and chloric acids and a few similar compounds, be grouped together as oxidizing agents, most of the other materials used in making firework compositions may be classed as oxidizable substances.

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