chlorous acid

noun

1. a hypothetical acid, HClO 2 , known only in solution or in the form of its salts.

chlorous acid

noun

1. an unstable acid that is a strong oxidizing agent. Formula: HClO 2

Word History and Origins

Origin of chlorous acid¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

It is probably a mixture of chlorous acid and free chlorine.

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Even the chlorous acid here brought into play to form the ideal chlorite, is by his own admission a hypothetical being.

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It has been supposed by some to possess acid properties, and has therefore been called chlorous acid.

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A salt in which the hydrogen of chlorous acid, HClO2, is replaced by a metal or other basic radical.

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It must be collected in the same way as chlorine, or passed into water, when it forms a solution of chlorous acid.

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