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oxychloride

American  
[ok-si-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr-] / ˌɒk sɪˈklɔr aɪd, -ɪd, -ˈkloʊr- /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.


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Etymology

Origin of oxychloride

First recorded in 1855–60; oxy- 2 + chloride

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Phosphorus oxychloride is used as a base material by the chemical manufacturing industry, and can be corrosive and highly toxic if it makes contact with the skin.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

The leaked substance - phosphorus oxychloride - was later contained.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2024

Dr. Gilbert B. L. Smith of Brooklyn's Polytechnic Institute was referring to selenium oxychloride, a straw-colored liquid with which he has experimented for five years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wooden materials could nowhere be exposed to the weather, since selenium oxychloride is a very powerful oxidizing agent.

From Time Magazine Archive

When heated in a current of carbon dioxide it forms the oxychloride CbOCl3, and carbon monoxide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

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