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dichloride
[ dahy-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]
noun
- a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another element or group.
dichloride
/ daɪˈklɔːraɪd /
noun
- a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group Also calledbichloride
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dichloride1
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Example Sentences
It freezes at -15 to a yellowish crystalline mass; on heating it loses chlorine and forms lead dichloride.
Dichloride of ethylene is detected by shaking up the chloroform with dry potassic carbonate, and then adding metallic potassium.
There are four chlorides of osmium, the best known of which are the dichloride and the tetrachloride.
This may be procured in the same manner as the dichloride, using, however, an excess of chlorine.
Metallic zinc reduces the yellow trichloride to the blue dichloride, the metal being afterwards precipitated as a black powder.
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