dichloride

[ dahy-klawr-ahyd, -id, -klohr- ]

noun

1. a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another element or group.

dichloride

/ daɪˈklɔːraɪd /

noun

1. a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group Also calledbichloride

Word History and Origins

Origin of dichloride¹

First recorded in 1815–25; di- ¹ + chloride

Example Sentences

It freezes at -15 to a yellowish crystalline mass; on heating it loses chlorine and forms lead dichloride.

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Dichloride of ethylene is detected by shaking up the chloroform with dry potassic carbonate, and then adding metallic potassium.

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There are four chlorides of osmium, the best known of which are the dichloride and the tetrachloride.

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This may be procured in the same manner as the dichloride, using, however, an excess of chlorine.

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Metallic zinc reduces the yellow trichloride to the blue dichloride, the metal being afterwards precipitated as a black powder.

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