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

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.

Tannic acid, the neutral acetate of lead and caustic potash produce with it an abundant precipitate; the perchloride of iron colors it a dark green.

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

This develops a blood-red colour with perchloride of iron, bleached by corrosive sublimate.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

The mordant used in perchloride of iron, which is a 'still mordant,' i.e., one which does not evolve bubbles of gas.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

The red coloration disappears, a part of the iron perchloride is washed out, and in the parts which have not been acted on by light the perchloride is transformed into sesquioxide.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.