stannic chloride

noun Chemistry.

a colorless fuming and caustic liquid, SnCl4, soluble in water and alcohol, that converts with water to a crystalline solid: used for electrically conductive and electroluminescent coatings and in ceramics.

Also called tin chloride, tin tetrachloride.

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