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hexachloroethane
[ hek-suh-klawr-oh-eth-eyn, -klohr- ]
noun
- a colorless crystalline compound, C 2 Cl 6 , with a camphorlike odor, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in organic synthesis and pyrotechnics, as a retarding agent in fermentation, and as a solvent.
hexachloroethane
/ ˌhɛksəˌklɔːrəʊˈɛθeɪn /
noun
- a colourless crystalline insoluble compound with a camphor-like odour: used in pyrotechnics and explosives. Formula: C 2 Cl 6
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hexachloroethane1
First recorded in 1895–1900; hexa- + chloroethane
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Example Sentences
Water can react with hexachloroethane and zinc oxide to explode and make a bad situation much worse.
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During the interwar years, scientists stabilized the smoke canister by replacing carbon tetrachloride with hexachloroethane, or HC.
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Never before in a merger, Dow has a good reason for this one: it wants a West Coast branch,* and Great Western offers that as well as exclusive rights to cheap processes of making chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, hexachloroethane.
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