calcium hypochlorite

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calcium hypochlorite - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
     A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
     radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac.
  
     Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white
        substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
        -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See
        Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
  
     Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
        [1913 Webster]

calcium hypochlorite - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  calcium hypochlorite
      n 1: any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent