ferric chloride

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noun Chemistry.

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.

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Also called iron trichloride, iron perchloride.

Origin of ferric chloride

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby ferric chloride

ferret out, ferri-, ferriage, ferric, ferric ammonium oxalate, ferric chloride, ferric chloride test, ferric oxide, ferric sodium oxalate, ferricyanic acid, ferricyanide

How to use ferric chloride in a sentence

Amid the Iron Islands—perhaps non-ferric metals are scarce in the Seven Kingdoms?
Game of Thrones’ Ep. 6, ‘The Laws of Gods and Men’: The Riveting Trial of Tyrion Lannister|Andrew Romano|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
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
An 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 Syme