ferric chloride
a compound that in its anhydrous form, FeCl3, occurs as a black-brown, water-soluble solid; in its hydrated form, FeCl3⋅xH2O, it occurs in orange-yellow, deliquescent crystals: used chiefly in engraving, for deodorizing sewage, as a mordant, and in medicine as an astringent and styptic.
Origin of ferric chloride
1- Also called iron trichloride, iron perchloride.
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How to use ferric chloride in a sentence
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 SymeAn alcoholic solution of this substance gave a dark color with ferric chloride and a light colored precipitate with lead acetate.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeA small portion of the tar residue in alcoholic solution gave a color reaction with ferric chloride.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThe filtrate did not give any color with ferric chloride, but it reduced Fehling solution.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson SymeThis solution was yellow and gave a reaction with ferric chloride similar to that of gallic acid.
Some Constituents of the Poison Ivy Plant: (Rhus Toxicodendron) | William Anderson Syme
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