perchloride

American  

[per-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr-] / pərˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.

1. the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.

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perchloride British  

/ pəˈklɔːraɪd /

noun

1. a chloride that contains more chlorine than other chlorides of the same element

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Etymology

Origin of perchloride

First recorded in 1810–20; per- + chloride

Example Sentences

With the perchloride of iron it gives a blackish-green color, and sulphuric acid colors it red.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Light decolors it rapidly, and ten or twelve minutes' exposure through a positive cliché suffices to well impress it, that is, to reduce in the whites the iron perchloride to the state of protochloride.”

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

Another moan escaped him as the discoloured bandage, with its faint odour of perchloride, was stripped from the raw and inflamed flesh.

From Leaves from a Field Note-Book by Morgan, John Hartman

Then, if available, freshly precipitated ferric hydrate must be given, which can be prepared by adding a solution of ammonia to one of iron perchloride.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

The perchloride of mercury is another very powerful antiseptic used in solutions of strength 1 in 2000, 1 in 1000 and 1 in 500.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various