chromic chloride

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noun

a violet, crystalline compound, CrCl3, occurring in both water-soluble and water-insoluble forms, or a green or violet, water-soluble deliquescent compound, CrCl3⋅6H2O: used chiefly as a mordant, in chrome-steel plating, and in the synthesis of chromium salts.

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Also called chromium chloride.

Words nearby chromic chloride

chrome yellow, chromhidrosis, chromic, chromic acetate, chromic acid, chromic chloride, chromic fluoride, chromic oxide, chromidrosis, chrominance, chromite

How to use chromic chloride in a sentence

Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
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Considerable quantities of chromic iron are found on the hills in this area, which embraces about six hundred acres.
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The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness|Florence Hartley
There had never been screens on a barn in Bentford before, however, nor any chloride of lime used.
The Idyl of Twin Fires|Walter Prichard Eaton

It gave a bluish-black color with impure ferrous sulphate and a dark color with ferric chloride.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron)|William Anderson Syme