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An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

se compounds of gold in which this element has its higher valence; as, auric oxide; auric chloride.

A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

e which remains in salt works after the salt is concreted, having a bitter taste from the chloride of magnesium which it contains.

An instrument for measuring the bleaching power of chloride of lime and potash; a chlorometer. Ure.

fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.

massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed.

To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.

ng butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chloridess, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. Butter and eggs (Bot.), a name give…

Mild chloride of mercury, Hg

curing, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.

A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.

An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.

Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).

A solution of chloride of line.

An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

See Aurochloride.

e, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.

To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.