monochloride

[ mon-uh-klawr-ahyd, -klohr- ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.

monochloride

/ ˌmɒnəˈklɔːraɪd /

noun

1. a chloride containing one atom of chlorine per molecule

Word History and Origins

Origin of monochloride¹

First recorded in 1865–70; mono- + chloride

Example Sentences

This process consisted in blowing gaseous ethylene into liquid sulphur monochloride in large iron reaction vessels.

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We also designed a tank car originally for the shipment of chlorpicrin and later used it for shipping sulphur monochloride.

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It crystallizes in long yellow needles and decomposes readily on heating into the monochloride and chlorine.

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This is the eutectic point for iodine monochloride and iodine trichloride.

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At temperatures below its melting point, therefore, iodine monochloride can be in equilibrium with two different solutions.

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