ethyl chloride
Americannoun
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Centers for Disease Control says chloroethane, which is also called ethyl chloride, is a colorless gas with a sharp odor that can also exist as a quick-evaporating liquid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2025
Chloroethane, commonly known as ethyl chloride, is a colorless, flammable gas or refrigerated liquid.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
Explain the cooling effect of liquid ethyl chloride.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
There are only five anesthesia agents which completely relax a patient: ether, chloroform, ethyl chloride, vinyl oxide, cyclopropane.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this purpose it is best applied as a fine spray, but ethyl chloride is generally found more efficient and produces less subsequent discomfort.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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