hydrogen chloride

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noun

a colorless gas, HCl, having a pungent odor: the anhydride of hydrochloric acid.

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Origin of hydrogen chloride

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby hydrogen chloride

hydrogenate, hydrogen bomb, hydrogen bond, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen carbonate, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen electrode, hydrogen embrittlement, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen iodide

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How to use hydrogen chloride in a sentence

Methane (chemical formula CH4) is one of the simplest hydrocarbons, which literally means “containing hydrogen and carbon.”
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From that, they extracted the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to the number of hydrogen atoms.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They found that there are roughly 1,900 hydrogen atoms for each deuterium atom in the water on Comet 67P.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen containing a proton and neutron in its nucleus, while normal hydrogen has only a proton.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Jupiter and its cousins, by contrast, are mostly made of hydrogen and hydrogen compounds.
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Hydrogen sulphid is easily prepared in the simple apparatus shown in Fig. 30.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It is allowed to cool, and hydrogen sulphid gas is passed through it for about five minutes.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Chloride of Lime … bad smell … bad egg … white of egg … fowl … grain … flour … flour and water … milk fluid … milk.
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Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, but it cannot be formed by the direct union of these gases.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The same effect may be produced by dipping the straw into the chloride of lime dissolved in water.
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British Dictionary definitions for hydrogen chloride

hydrogen chloride

noun

a colourless pungent corrosive gas obtained by the action of sulphuric acid on sodium chloride: used in making vinyl chloride and other organic chemicals. Formula: HCl

an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; hydrochloric acid

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Scientific definitions for hydrogen chloride

hydrogen chloride

A colorless, corrosive, suffocating gas used in making plastics and in many industrial processes. When mixed with water, it forms hydrochloric acid. Chemical formula: HCl.